CV-13

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CV-13 is the hull number of USS Franklin, a U.S. Navy Essex-class aircraft carrier that saw heavy combat and severe damage in the Pacific Theater during World War II.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CV-13 canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Essex-class aircraft carrier ⓘ
United States Navy aircraft carrier ⓘ
airGroupSize approximately 90 to 100 aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Franklin ⓘ
attackedBy Japanese dive bomber on 1945-03-19 ⓘ
awarded Battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
beam about 93 feet at waterline ⓘ
builder Newport News Shipbuilding ⓘ
casualtiesIn1945Attack Hundreds of crew killed or wounded ⓘ
category Essex-class aircraft carriers of the United States Navy ⓘ
Ships built in Newport News, Virginia ⓘ
World War II aircraft carriers of the United States ⓘ
commissioned 1944-01-31 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 2,600 officers and enlisted ⓘ
decommissioned 1947-02-17 ⓘ
displacement approximately 27,100 long tons standard ⓘ
approximately 36,380 long tons full load ⓘ
fate Scrapped ⓘ
flightDeckBeam about 147 feet ⓘ
followedBy Other Essex-class carriers in wartime service sequence ⓘ
homeport Pacific Fleet bases during World War II ⓘ
hullNumber CV-13 ⓘ
laidDown 1942-12-07 ⓘ
launched 1943-10-14 ⓘ
length about 872 feet ⓘ
locationDuringAttack Near the Japanese home islands ⓘ
namedAfter Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
notableEvent Severely damaged by Japanese air attack on 1945-03-19 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
precededBy USS Lexington (CV-16) in Essex-class sequence (design variant context) ⓘ
propulsion 4 shafts ⓘ
8 boilers ⓘ
Steam turbines ⓘ
returnedToUnitedStates 1945 after damage ⓘ
sawActionIn Leyte Gulf operations ⓘ
Okinawa campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Okinawa

Philippine Sea operations ⓘ
scrapped 1966 ⓘ
serviceEntryEra World War II era ⓘ
shipClass Essex class ⓘ
status No longer extant ⓘ
survived Severe bomb damage and fires in 1945 ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of World War II ⓘ
topSpeed about 33 knots ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Franklin → hullNumber → CV-13 ⓘ
USS Franklin (CV-13) → hullNumber → CV-13 ⓘ
subject linked to: CV-13