USS Franklin (CV-13)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried up to 90 aircraft
gptkbp:armament gptkb:20_mm_Oerlikon_cannons
gptkb:40_mm_Bofors_guns
12 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
4 battle stars
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf
gptkb:Battle_of_Okinawa
Battle of Iwo Jima
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:casualties over 800 killed or missing
gptkbp:commissioned 31 January 1944
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 17 February 1947
gptkbp:destroyedBy Japanese air attack
19 March 1945
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
gptkbp:hasExhibit artifacts at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Franklin (CV-13)
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:CV-13
gptkbp:laidDown 7 December 1942
gptkbp:launched 14 October 1943
gptkbp:length 872 feet
gptkbp:locationOfConstruction gptkb:Newport_News,_Virginia
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Big_Ben
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Leslie_E._Gehres
gptkbp:notableEvent suffered most severe damage survived by any US aircraft carrier in WWII
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9)
gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:USS_Lexington_(CV-16)
gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)
gptkbp:soldForScrap 1966
gptkbp:speed 33 knots
gptkbp:status stricken
gptkbp:struck 1 October 1964
gptkbp:survived crew members honored for bravery
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkb:SCB-27_modernization
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5