USS Princeton (CVL-23)

Launching at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, on 18 October 1942

In 1943

Japanese plane crashes near USS Princeton, off Formosa, 14 October 1944

1001 a.m.: On fire after hit by japanese bomb, 24 October 1944

1055 a.m.: cruiser Birmingham fighting fires on Princeton

damaged flight deck and elevator

Reno fighting fires on Princeton

1524 a.m.: Second heavier explosion aft on Princeton, with Birmingham alongside

after 1604 a.m.: Birminghamat left, and a destroyer pull away from Princeton following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern at

1746 a.m.: Final explosion after torped by destroyer Irwin und cruiser Reno.