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 Hi Andrew,
 
 No, I'd say definitely not an Essex class - I can't see any large island
 superstructure. However, I can see three of the four stub smoke stacks,
 similar to those on the San Jacinto in the foreground, and I think that
 would make it a sister ship of the Independence-class.
 
 In fact, I believe the carrier in the background is the USS Belleau
 Wood, and rather than near Kyushu, the picture was taken while operating
 east of Leyte and under kamikaze attack on October 30th 1944. She and
 USS San Jacinto were together that day and the kamikaze strike on
 Belleau Wood's aft deck cost the lives of 92 of her crew.
 
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Belleau_Wood_%28CVL-24%29
 
 Regards
 
 Paul
 Cambridge UK
 
 
 
 
 
 On 16/06/2015 11:53, Andrew Chaplin wrote:
 
 > I think it's the Essex-class carrier Franklin.
 >
 
 
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