USS Franklin

USS Franklin is a traditional ship name of the American United States Navy , which has been given five times so far. The first four ships carried him in honor of Benjamin Franklin . The fifth ship in honor of the predecessor ships, since it was no longer a practice at the time to assign personal names.

• USS Franklin (1775) , a schooner , expropriation: 1775, returned to owner: 1776
• USS Franklin (1795) , a brig , built: 1795, captured by Tripolitan corsairs: 1802, repurchased by the United States Navy: 1805, sold: 1807
• USS Franklin (1817) , a ship of the line , commissioned in 1817, out of service in 1852
• USS Franklin (1867) , a steam powered frigate with propeller, commissioned: 1867, decommissioned: 1915
• USS Franklin (CV-13) , an aircraft carrier , entered service: 1944, decommissioned: 1964

There is also a spaceship in Star Trek with this name, see Spaceships and Space Stations in the Star Trek Universe # USS Franklin (NX-326)

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.