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Aerial Attacks over crippled USS FRANKLIN CV-13, 19-20 March 1945

2 Min. - 02.11.2008

This film footage was shot from the light cruiser USS ASTORIA CL-90 on March 19-20th, 1945. It depicts ships swarming around USS FRANKLIN CV-13 to assist her and recover survivors from the water after she was struck by Japanese bombs in the morning. At right the heavy cruiser PITTSBURGH CA-72 has taken FRANKLIN in tow. A second segment shows a destroyer apparently searching for survivors behind FRANKLIN. Harassing Japanese aircraft continue to attack the slow-moving group through the evening of the 19th and into the next morning. The planes draw 5-inch and 40mm fire from ASTORIA.
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