USS Princeton (CVL-23)

USS Princeton (CVL-23) was an Independence-class light aircraft carrier lost in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

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  Launching at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, on 18 October 1942
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  In 1943
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  Japanese plane crashes near USS Princeton, off Formosa, 14 October 1944
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  1001 a.m.: On fire after hit by japanese bomb, 24 October 1944
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  1055 a.m.: cruiser Birmingham fighting fires on Princeton
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  damaged flight deck and elevator
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  Reno fighting fires on Princeton
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  1524 a.m.: Second heavier explosion aft on Princeton, with Birmingham alongside
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  after 1604 a.m.: Birminghamat left, and a destroyer pull away from Princeton following the big explosion that destroyed the carrier's stern at
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  1746 a.m.: Final explosion after torped by destroyer Irwin und cruiser Reno.