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80-G-224597 USS Franklin (CV-13)

Photo #: 80-G-224597  USS Franklin (CV-13)
Title: USS Franklin (CV-13)
Description: In the Elizabeth River, off Norfolk, Virginia, 21 February 1944. She is accompanied by three local harbor tugs. Franklin's is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 6a. This paint scheme was changed a few months later, on the port side only, to Measure 32, Design 3a. The ship's starboard side retained the Design 6a pattern. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-224597
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