File:View over Franklins flight deck, Manhattan skyline in background.jpg

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Description View on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carier USS Franklin (CV-13), looking forward, while the carrier was in New York Harbor (USA), circa 28 April 1945. She had just returned from the Pacific for repair of battle damage received off Japan on 19 March 1945. Note the damage to her flight deck, the large U.S. ensign flying from her island, and the Manhattan skyline in the background.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-4760 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Author Official U.S. Navy Photograph
Object location40° 41′ 34.8″ N, 74° 00′ 07.2″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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current14:52, 1 April 2016Thumbnail for version as of 14:52, 1 April 20165,787 × 4,554 (14.54 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)new NHHC file
15:25, 14 September 2007Thumbnail for version as of 15:25, 14 September 2007740 × 586 (124 KB)Felix Stember (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=USS Franklin (CV-13). View on the flight deck, looking forward, while the carrier was in New York Harbor, circa 28 April 1945. She had just returned from the Pacific for repair of battle damage received off Japan on 19 March 194

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