Franklin (CV 13) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1946

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Commander Henry H. Hale, Navigator 27 August ' 44-21 December ' 44, Air Officer 21 December ' 44-30 June ' 45, Commanding Officer 1 July ' 45-8 June ' 46. e-.

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C H A P T E R S I X ... Guam wds a push-over. I iuess — e.xcc il llicrr ' s a lot of Marines ivJio will he staying there, li e ' re a flighting ship now; our planes have made the .laps plenty mad. Tokyo Hose has Jiad us sunk four times; we ' ve even had a Hell Done from our allies, the Army! Now we have another side trip to make back to Iwo. then an excursion planned for Palau, then a stop-over at Yap . . . and then . . . I ' m due for a haircut on the equator! BIG BEN ' S WAR IN THE CAROLINES Emwetok ' s anchorage was a sight every good American should liave seen. A thousand men of war were anchored in its wide bhie basin. Half a dozen heavy carriers, as many more light carriers, divisions of battleships and cruis- ers, transports, destroyers, and ships of the train contributed to this nautical beehive; a constant interweaving stream of boats plied the water on ship ' s business. Now, at last, there was time to overhaul Bia; Hen ' s hard- worked equipment. It was a busy time for engineers, radio technicians, gunners, electricians, mechanics, fire control- men. The planes of Air Group Thirteen had been landed on the island and were being serviced there by their own mechanics. Badly damaged and missing aircraft were re- placed from the pool of new and refitted planes. The sup- ply department was restocking from the Service Force ' s supply barges. The few rejiairs which could not be made -; If i t l crt of Big Ben atid otltcr sliips oj the l- ' Icii on the hcadi at Riinil Ishind. EniufloL. In the background Japanese ainnninition ship. Anirriran iiarsliips are (inchored in the liigoon is a wrecked



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.-J - : Hn Three more cans of beer to go! Lt. (jg) Robert F. Brooks. of Fighting 13, enjoys one . . . Lt. Brooks was lost in October, over Leyte The plane elevator pit nuide a good volley-ball court »B5 flKflTV The striuird ' s mutes oj S-Tuo Uii ' ision could play championship basketball . . . but J ' -Five ' s team won the tourney

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