USS Franklin

Five United States Navy ships have been named USS Franklin, the first four after Benjamin Franklin, and the fifth, the aircraft carrier CV-13, perpetuating the name of the previous ships (it was not the usual practice at the time to name carriers after individuals).

• The first Franklin was a 6-gun schooner, taken under the command of Commodore John Manly[?] in 1775, participating in the capture of many British vessels and returned to the owner in 1776.

• The second Franklin[?] was a 8-gun brig built in 1795, captured by corsairs[?] from Tripoli in 1802, bought back by the Navy in 1805, and sold in 1807.

• The third Franklin was a 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1815 and broken up in 1852.

• The fourth Franklin[?] was a screw frigate[?] launched in 1864, and in active service until 1877, thereafter used as a receiving ship[?] until 1915.

• The fifth Franklin (CV-13)[?] was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1944 and crippled by a kamikaze in March 1945, but later repaired and in use until decommissioning in 1964.

Another Franklin was the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt[?].