The Survival of the USS Franklin 

When I was about 13, I saw the USS Franklin docked at the Brooklyn Naval Yard about 1966. Whenever my family crossed the Williamsburg bridge between Brooklyn and Manhattan, I admired the ship, but I was not aware it was the Franklin. She had been completely repaired and still had her WW2 Essex class carrier look. We left Brooklyn later in 1966 and I found out she was scrapped.

I had seen as a kid the images of the burning Franklin from re-broadcast of "Victory at Sea". I thought for sure it sank. But I was not aware that it DID NOT SINK, but rather was towed back to the States.

Do yoi know much about yourt dads servire expecience. My dad only talkrd about liberty stuff never the tough things. experiences