For myself, the key term is "nearly" rather then "did". Though I guess this comes down to opinion over armor vs cap.Captain Seafort wrote:The serious damage was inflicted by big AP bombs, striking from high altitude. They could and did shrug off the type of attack that nearly sank Franklin - small bombs dropped by a Kamikaze on its run in.
Umm, yeah... to be honest I can't recall the details of that day so I'll take your word for effect. However, wouldn't all the damage prior have played a role?Right ho. I'm specifically talking about the attack on 19 March 1945, when she nearly sank.
Big E must have pulled the short straw for the battle stations...As far as I'm aware the closest was Warspite with 13 battle honours. Even if you only count the strategically critical battles, Warspite had three (2nd Narvik, Calabria and Matapan) to Enterprise's four (MIdway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, Philippine Sea).