Stern view of the carrier Franklin off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 4 May 1944

Caption     Stern view of the carrier Franklin off Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, 4 May 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseNational Museum of Naval Aviation RL Lawson Collection
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Photo Size 1,838 x 1,472 pixels
Photos on Same Day 4 May 1944
Photos at Same Place Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
Licensing  This work is believed to be in the public domain.

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1. Rich Miller says:
4 May 2020 09:22:27 PM

In Norfolk after post shakedown repairs. She would leave the next day for the Panama Canal and the Pacific. She arrived at San Diego on May 11, stayed there to the end of May, then arrived at Pearl Harbor on June 6 1944.

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