Footage from USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) of the attack on USS Franklin (CV-13) and rescue.

Footage from USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) with the task force that sailed from Ulithi on March 14 to shell airfields and other military installations on Kyūshū on March 18 and 19. in the distance is USS Franklin CV-13 under attack from Kamikazes. USS Santa Fe (CL-60) lends aid to the listing USS Franklin. Later, USS Pittsburgh tows USS Franklin. The last shot is of Franklin under her own power.
Filmed from March 19 to 22, 1945.
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[@joshuamitcham1519]

This is incredible footage.

[@Aelxi]

It's always sad to see ships damaged.

[@timothycook2917]

It's amazing that Franklin ended up sailing all the way to New York City for repairs

[@QurikyBark32919]

Just a few years earlier, Yorktown and a destroyer were in a very similar situation, with the cruiser being moored alongside her. Franklin survived though.