USS Franklin CV-13 / CVA-13 / CVS-13 / AVT-8

Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
Essex (short)
Builder:
Newport News Shipbuilding
and Drydock Company
Newport News, Virginia
Hull Number:
CV-13
CVA-13 (Oct. 1, 1952)
CVS-13 (Aug. 8, 1953)
AVT-8 (May 15, 1959)

Ordered:
N/A
Commissioned:
January 31, 1944
Keel Laid:
December 7, 1942
Decommissioned:
February 17, 1947
Launched:
October 14, 1943
Stricken:


October 1, 1964
Fate:
Scrapped in July 1966.


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