Franklin (CV 13) - Naval Cruise Book

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Seven luiiulieil and lour ciilisteil men ami lliiity-ninc olli- rers had given their lives for their country. Seven hundred and four oihcers and men were ahoar i licr as she came home. Mid li e days in Pearl Harlior it was decided hy llic Navy lle|)arlment that liig l{en would return to the Brook- lyn Navy Yard for repairs. Brooklyn promised to have her hack in action by the first of the year — eight months. On April Oih she sailed east for Panama and |)assed through llie canal on the 17th. With covering airplanes overhead to guard against sulimarines she was underway Ironi (iolon lor New York on April mth. steaming through the Carililieari for the Vi indward Passage. As Big Ben neared Cuha a (Jerman sulimarine sank a merchant ship less than 100 miles away. Men who knew what one torpedo would tlo to the haltered carrier hrcatlied more quickly for several days, hut on A|)ril 2 -!lh she arrived off Gravesend Bay, New York. On April . ' Oth. 1 9 IS. |)roud Init haltered. Franklin stood hv the Statute of Liherty. all luuids at salute, and into l5rooklvn Navy Yard. Journey s end . . . tliiilccn ihiiusand miles from the coast of enemy Jaj)an. The crew moved ashore to harracks and prepared for rehabilitation leave which Captain Gehres was in X ashin- ton trying to obtain for every olhcer and man. The navy yard worked day and night, cutting away entire sections of blasted decks. On May 17th the first awards for valor were presented to men of the crew on the deck of the ship they had fought to save. Home at last . . . journey ' s end

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At Pearl Harbor, nailing to greet Big Ben, sailors and ( ' olors fixing, band playing, crew erect and singing. Big WAVES watch ivith silent awe as the bomb-blackened flat- Ben comes back to Pearl top returns from battle Most men are somber, between songs . . . these are the boys that brought her back

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CRFAV MFMBERS AT END OF REPAIR PERIOD • ' ' ' ' ' --■■■i HV n 13 Hl l t -£J Tf ' S H |H HhHh b| H Hw ' | | K 1 m NAVIGATION — 75 oml- Sherwood, E. B.; Second ffow-.- Sheer. K. C, Neill, J. J., Marrin, J. E., San- TORA, C. E., AcQUAVivA, N. P.. Keefer, H. D.; Third Roiv: Pennington. R. M., Smith. F. J.. Collins. W. H.. Walsh. E. T.. Grh fith. D. M., Hulander. C. W. SECOND DIVISION — First Row: Fryberger. H. C. Dawson, R. A., Mintkin, P. G., Trouble. E., Mc- CirrcHON, D. A.. Gkiggs. D. 0.: Second Row: Puma. C. J., Yakley. A. W., Smith. A. F.. Mangold, F. T.. Sears. W. P.. Si ' roat, J. R.. Leek. W. E.. Yardley, M. L.. Mayer, J. D.. Barasch, I. J.. Hamilton. R. J. McIlvaine. F. G.; Third Row: McInerney. H. M.. Brown, L. W., McClure. R. J., Murray. J. E., Ayscue, F. G., Franko. A.. Hudson. D. G.. Gradin. R. L.. Gallena, J., Stover. L. W., Lloyd, R. K., Stasiewski, a. F., Baldyga, F. F.. Law. G. W.. Bradley. A. T. E. AND M. divisions -First Row: Jansen. E.. Bricknek. C, Busey. C. W.. Jarock. N. J.. Valloni. T. J., Natt, W. J.; Second Row: Urgo. V., Vallina, L.. Pkattie. C. N.. Comfo, J., Rhodes. W.. Clark, W., Elsey, G. J., D ' Orio, v.. Castle, R. M.. Schweicler, R. S.; Third Row: Hayden, P.. Franks, E., Baker, J., Ridai.l, C., Bn.LiNG. G., Mullkr. R.. Brown, D.. Lei.rman, B.. West. H. W.. McBkide. D. A.. Mansfield, C. F.. Warren. A. W., MacLaren. R. C; Fourth Row: Miller, Vt ' ., Wagner, R., Kauffman, W., Maphis, J., Horgan, W., Yaugh, F. B., McLuckie, J., Christian, D.. Ziger, J., Nightingale, W., Jackson, K.