File:USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24.jpg

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English: Smoke rises after a massive explosion in the hangar deck of the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), shortly after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on 24 October 1944. A destroyer is visible at right.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-270546 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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current19:19, 14 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 19:19, 14 September 20154,488 × 3,372 (4.53 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)similar photo to avoid duplication of File:Princeton burning.jpg
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