“By all accounts the Franklin should have sunk but they somehow saved her which was a miracle.”
Yup. I’m impressed you know about it.
Most of that stuff is being forgotten.
It is true what a lot of critics say that air craft carriers are vulnerable. But they don’t take into account how damn tough they are. They are damn hard to sink. Even heavily damaged with right shipyard they can be repaired fairly quickly.
Great book called “The Franklin comes home” IIRC