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The Launching

October 19, 2013
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The USS Franklin launches after its October 1943 christening at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock. WAVES were invited to attend the launch, WAVES commander Mildred McAfee christened the ship.

The photo comes from the National Archives.

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