Al Bullock
A crown of flame mantles one of the five-inch turrets on the FRANKLIN, with jets of fire flickering out of the muzzles of the twin rifles. Crewmen aboard the cruiser SANTA FE extinguished the blaze by playing streams of water through the open hatch.

A crown of flame mantles one of the five-inch turrets on the FRANKLIN, with jets of fire flickering out of the muzzles of the twin rifles. Crewmen aboard the cruiser SANTA FE extinguished the blaze by playing streams of water through the open hatch.
A crown of flame mantles one of the five-inch turrets on the FRANKLIN, with jets of fire flickering out of the muzzles of the twin rifles. Crewmen aboard the cruiser SANTA FE extinguished the blaze by playing streams of water through the open hatch.
ArtistAmerican, 1923–2019
Artist
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • A crown of flame mantles one of the five-inch turrets on the FRANKLIN, with jets of fire flickering out of the muzzles of the twin rifles. Crewmen aboard the cruiser SANTA FE extinguished the blaze by playing streams of water through the open hatch.
DateMarch 19, 1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 11/16 × 9 7/16 in. (19.6 × 24 cm)
 Sheet: 8 3/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.8 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Will Michels in honor of Andrew Groocock
Object number2022.641.16
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Annapolis Maritime Antiques
, Annapolis, MD]; purchased by Will Michels, Houston; given to MFAH, 2022.

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Following Navy tradition, the Cruiser SANTA FE risks its own destruction by moving alongside to within "arm's length" of the FRANKLIN in order to fight the fires and to remove exhausted and injured crewmen. Bringing the cruiser in such close proximity to the carrier was a magnificent feat of seamanship on the part of the skipper and officers of the SANTA FE.
Al Bullock
Following Navy tradition, the Cruiser SANTA FE risks its own destruction by moving alongside to within "arm's length" of the FRANKLIN in order to fight the fires and to remove exhausted and injured crewmen. Bringing the cruiser in such close proximity to the carrier was a magnificent feat of seamanship on the part of the skipper and officers of the SANTA FE.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.17
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Al Bullock
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March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.8
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Al Bullock
The list of the FRANKLIN affords an unusually clear vision of the extent of the havoc on the flight deck. Tongues of flames run along the wooden surface as crewmen converge on the endangered area with firehose. Despite the appalling shock of the explosion, the undamaged guns went into action when the japanese loosed a follow-up aerial attack, and succeeded in driving the few away without sustaining further hits.
March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.15
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1966–1967
Woodcut in colors on Japanese paper, edition 44/50
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1992
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Inferno at Sea: The USS Franklin's Trial by Fire
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March 19, 1945
Gelatin silver print
2022.641.13
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Enoch Wood & Sons
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Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer print
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c. 1914
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1993
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