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Posted by Randy Stone on December 3, 2022, 21:18:42, in reply to "Rndolph, Hancock, and Hornet, Wasp and Cabot"
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...As for the DANFS entry about Franklin's name, I wouldn't give a Continental dollar for the validity of a non-operational detail found in DANFS. I believe it ranked right up there with Wikipedia for "street knowledge", supplied by some guy.
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...was evidently Robert Cressman, I'd consider that information pretty darned good.
Looks like Franklin was named--like Enterprise and Hornet, among others--for famous ships of the past...and that two of those vessels were named in honor of Ben Franklin himself.
RS
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