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Interesting Photo
95bravo
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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 05:40 AM UTC
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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 05:57 AM UTC
Is this the USS Franklin? Or some other carrier being scrapped? When was the photo taken?

Very interesting and a good find.

EDIT, I know the answer. But others can still guess too!
Answer

Jeff
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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 06:30 AM UTC
I had to cut and past from the properties on the photo to see it, otherwise the dreaded red X. I'm going to give a guess and say this is how she looked getting back to the States after the damage she received.

EDIT: Funny, now it's showing up fine. Computers, can't live with them, can't kill them.

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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 06:34 AM UTC
I'm with Rodger...

Shaun

EDIT (Everbody is doin' it) Rodger, the picture is showing up now because it is in your cache...
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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 06:53 AM UTC
Well I'm getting the dreaded red x but as the picture has been identified, I can pretty much guess what it looks like having seen the documentary on the Franklin a couple of times. Pretty awful stuff. You ought see the pics from the plane crash on board the Nuc Enterprize during Viet Nam.
95bravo
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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 06:58 AM UTC
I wonder why it was doing that? When I posted it, it worked fine. hmmm.

Sorry guys.
Augie
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Posted: Friday, July 08, 2005 - 06:07 PM UTC
Gee, for some reason I can see it just fine!
propboy44256
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 01:05 AM UTC
no pic, big red x for me too
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Posted: Saturday, July 09, 2005 - 02:18 AM UTC
Same to me...

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Posted: Sunday, July 10, 2005 - 09:47 PM UTC
http://www.hazegray.org/mysteries/oldmyst/pic128.jpg

Just cut this and paste it in a new browser window

Skipper

PS: interesting vintage picture
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