“I Was CHAPLAIN On The FRANKLIN.” By Father Joseph T. O’Callahan, S.J. Part of Task Force 58, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) steamed out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in March of 1945. Intent on engaging the desperate remnants of the Imperial Japanese Navy, she did not have a long wait. On March 19th, the Franklin had maneuvered to within 50 miles of the Japanese mainland, closer than any other U.S. carrier during World War II, when she was ambushed by Japanese bombers. Within minutes, its entire hanger deck containing scores of planes and hundreds of bombs was transformed into a raging inferno. Explosions ripped through inches of steel, flooding compartments throughout the ship. The casualties totaled 832 crew-members, in what was the U.S. Navy’s second worst disaster in history. Father Joseph T. O’Callahan, S.J. chaplain on the carrier, dramatically recounts the most superhuman feats of skill and daring that the crew performed in its heroic struggle to save the crippled ship. One of the most electrifying eyewitnesses accounts of courage at sea. The Franklin became the most decorated ship in Navy history. Two of her officers were awarded the Medal of Honor, including Lieutenant Commander Joseph T. O’Callahan. 1985 Paperback edition, 151 pages, 15 page appendix, many illustrations, one map, no photos or index.
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The Independence Light Aircraft Carrier
I Was Chaplain On The Franklin
Leyte Gulf: The Death Of The Princeton
