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	EZGeography - USS Princeton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The first Princeton was a screw sloop, launched and commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy.
		The fourth Princeton (CVL-23) was a light aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943 and active in World War II until being sunk in the Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944.
		The fifth Princeton (CV-37) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1945, serving in the Korean War and Vietnam War.
	www.ezgeography.com /encyclopedia/USS_Princeton (198 words)

	USN Ships--USS Princeton (CVL-23)
		USS Princeton, an 11,000-ton Independence class small aircraft carrier, was built at Camden, New Jersey.
		Princeton was commissioned in February 1943 and, following shakedown operations in the Atlantic area, arrived at Pearl Harbor in August.
		In June, Princeton participated in the invasion of Saipan and the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/cvl23.htm (787 words)

	USS Reno.com - USS Princeton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Princeton's forward section was gone and what was left of her after section appeared momentarily through the smoke.
		On the7th Princeton retired to Kwajalein only to return to Eniwetok on the 10th-13thand 16th-28th, when her planes softened the beaches for the invasion force, then provided air cover during the assault and ensuing fight.
		In the ensuing Battle of the Philippine Sea, Princeton's planes contributed 30 kills and her guns another 3, plus1 assist, to the devastating toll inflicted on Japan's naval air arm.
	www.ussreno.com /uss_princeton.htm (1689 words)

	Encyclopedia: Battle of Leyte Gulf
		USS Princeton on fire, east of Luzon, 24 October 1944.
		As Kurita passed Palawan Island shortly after midnight on October 23, his force was spotted by the submarines USS Dace and Darter.
		At 15:30 the aft magazine exploded, killing 200 sailors on Princeton and 80 on the cruiser Birmingham which was alongside assisting with the firefighting.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-Leyte-Gulf (8824 words)

	USS Princeton CV-23
		The fourth Princeton was laid down as Tallahassee (CL-61) by the NewYork Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 2 June 1941; reclassified CV-23 on 16 February 1942; renamed Princeton 31 March 1942; launched 18 October 1942,sponsored by Mrs.
		Princeton then steamed northeast, covered the garrisongroups enroute to Makin and Tarawa, and after exchanging operational aircraftfor damaged planes from other carriers got underway for Pearl Harbor andthe west coast.
		On the7th Princeton retired to Kwajalein only to return to Eniwetok on the 10th-13thand 16th-28th, when her planes softened the beaches for the invasion force,then provided air cover during the assault and ensuing fight.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CV22Princeton.html (896 words)

	Loss of USS Princeton, 24 October 1944 (Part II)
		Princeton's port forward area, as seen from USS Birmingham (CL-62) during attempts to control her fires during the afternoon of 24 October.
		View of Princeton's after port side and flight deck, seen from USS Birmingham (CL-62) as she came alongside to help fight fires during the afternoon of 24 October 1944.
		Princeton had been fatally damaged by Japanese air attack earlier in the day, and was scuttled by torpedoing to permit U.S. forces to clear the area.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/leyteglf/cvl23-l2.htm (1173 words)

	USS Princeton Reunites World War II Princeton Sailor with Fallen Shipmates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		ABOARD USS PRINCETON, At Sea (NNS) -- Fifty-eight years after the carrier USS Princeton (CVL 23) was lost at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of its survivors, the late Lt. Kenneth R. Colby, was reunited with his shipmates in a solemn burial at sea ceremony aboard USS Princeton (CG 59).
		Princeton’s valiant crew contained the intense flames and smoke of the ensuing fire until major explosions from her damaged magazines shook the ship and knocked out the pressure in her fire main system at 10 a.m.
		At the same morning hour a Japanese bomber attacked the carrier Princeton in 1944, the assembled crew of the cruiser Princeton bowed their heads in prayer and a 48-star U.S. flag, an heirloom of Colby’s family, was lowered to half-mast.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=6611 (456 words)

	USS Princeton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The first (Click link for more info and facts about Princeton) Princeton was a (Click link for more info and facts about screw sloop) screw sloop, launched and commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy.
		The third Princeton was a (A small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols) gunboat launched in 1897 and commissioned in 1898.
		The sixth (Click link for more info and facts about Princeton (CG-59)) Princeton (CG-59) is a (A cruiser that carries guided missiles) guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1989 and still on active service in 2005.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_princeton2.htm (142 words)

	USS Saratoga (CV-3)
		Between 17 May and 31 July 1943, she was reinforced by the British carrier, HMS Victorious, and, on 20 October, she was joined by Princeton (CVL-23).
		Saratoga and Princeton were then designated the Relief Carrier Group for the offensive in the Gilberts; and, after striking Nauru on 19 November, they rendezvoused on 23 November with the transports carrying garrison troops to Makin and Tarawa.
		Her aircraft struck Wotje and Taroa for three days, from 29 to 31 January, and then pounded Engebi, the main island at Eniwetok, the 3rd to the 6th and from the 10th to the 12th of February.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_saratoga__cv_3_.html (3059 words)

	FFG 49 Robert G. Bradley
		The flaming Chief symbolizes the damage inflicted upon USS PRINCETON by an enemy air attack during the battle of Leyte Gulf and the resulting fires which eventually claimed the life of Lieutenant Bradley as he valiantly led a crew in the effort to extinguish the flames and save the ship.
		He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy on 9 June 1939, and graduated with the class of 1943 on 19 June 1942, due to the exigencies of war.
		Lieutenant Bradley, PRINCETON's Assistant First Lieutenant, led a repair party in the valiant effort to control the fires on the second and third decks until the intense heat generated by those flames forced him and his men to fall back.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/ffg-49.htm (589 words)

	USS Princeton reunites WWII Sailor with fallen shipmates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		ABOARD USS PRINCETON AT SEA -- Fifty-eight years after the carrier USS Princeton (CVL 23) was lost at the Battle for Leyte Gulf, one of its survivors, the late Lt. Kenneth R. Colby, was reunited with his shipmates in a solemn burial at sea ceremony aboard USS Princeton (CG 59).
		Discovering Princeton and her Task Group in the Sibuyan Sea, the plane dropped a 500-pound bomb from 1,200 feet.
		At the same early morning hour that a Japanese bomber attacked the carrier Princeton in 1944, Princeton’s current crew assembled with heads bowed in prayer, a 48-star U.S. flag, an heirloom of Colby’s family, was lowered to half-mast.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2003/April/1.htm (545 words)

	DD-794
		The Princeton (CVL-23) was one of nine carriers constructed on Cleveland class cruiser hulls in early 1943 as a short cut to get fast carriers into the Pacific.
		One quick thinking group of Princeton sailors during a favorable roll, leaped from the carrier to the destroyer, grabbed a hose and leaped back to the carrier on the next swing inward and delivered water into the raging fires.
		On the bridge of the Irwin, attention was momentarily focused on sparks flying out the side of the carrier as a few men were desperately trying to escape by cutting their way through the hull of the ship using oxyacetylene torches.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/dd794/tpr.htm (2339 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: The Loss of USS Princeton
		By about 1 p.m., enough progress had been made so that it looked as though the fires might be out within 20 or 30 minutes.
		Just as Princeton's fires were about to be extinguished, Japanese aircraft were said to be in the vacinity.
		Included in that number was Capt. John M. Hoskins, who had been prospective commanding officer of CVL 23 and had lost his right foot with her.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/ships/carriers/cv23sink.html (713 words)

	Uss princeton cvl23 survivors Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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		USS Princeton survivors on USS Essex, October 1944 www...
	survivor.9interweb4.info /titanic-survivors/uss-princeton-cvl23-survivors.html (191 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Princeton (CV 23) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		On 23 March 1944, she got underway for strikes against enemy installation and shipping in the Carolines.
		In the ensuing Battle of the Philippine Sea, Princeton's planes contributed 30 kills and her guns another three, plus one assist, to the devastating toll inflicted on Japan's naval air arm.
		On 14 July 1944, she got underway again as the fast carriers returned their squadrons to the Marianas to furnish air cover for the assault and occupation of Guam and Tinian.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv23-princeton/cv23-princeton.html (1111 words)

	USS Cowpens (CVL-25) Independence Class Info
		The ships had only a small island with a low lattice mast, and exhaust fumes were discharged via four short cranked smokestacks suspended outside the starboard edge of the flight deck.
		The result of this emergency program was that the CVLs found themselves in the 'no man's land' between the fast fleet carriers, with which they had high speed in common, and the somewhat smaller escort carriers, combining the disadvantages of both types.
		These carriers were originally classified as CVs, but this designation was changed to CVL, a code especially introduced for them, during their construction.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/5325/independenceclass.htm (596 words)

	tf 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		TF 11, as part of TF 61 along with TF 16, was involved in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in late August 1942, but Saratoga was again crippled by a submarine, and the task force shrank to just the carrier and some destroyers.
		In September 1943, TF 11 was reorganized around light carriers Princeton (CVL-23) and Belleau Wood (CVL-24) under Rear Admiral William Augustus Lee, and supported landings on Baker Island and Howland Island.
		In early 1944, its task groups TG 11.1 and 11.2, now consisting of escort aircraft carriers, supported operations in the Marshall Islands.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /TF_11.html (200 words)

	CV 37 Princeton
		Princeton's planes, with other Navy, Marine, and Air Force squadrons, then covered the evacuation from Hungnam through its completion on 24 December 1950.
		In February 1953, she was back off the Korean coast and until the end of the conflict launched planes for close air support, "Cherokee" strikes against supply, artillery, and troop concentrations in enemy territory, and against road traffic.
		In December 1968, she returned to the United States and in April 1969 she was designated the prime recovery ship for Apollo 10, the lunar mission which paved the way for Apollo 11 and the first landing on the moon.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cv-37.htm (1135 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Veterans and survivors of the Independence-class Light Carrier USS Princeton (CVL 23) gathered aboard Princeton to remember their ship and their shipmates lost during the Battle of Leyte Gulf Oct. 24, 1944.
		Second, they have been handed the responsibility of carrying the great torch of our service and the pride and honor that comes with it.” Fred Erasmus, who was a deckhand in the second division of the carrier during the battle, feels it is important to pass on the legacy of the old to the new.
		Princeton (CG 59) is the sixth ship to bear this historic name.
	www.navy.mil /search/display_word.asp?story_id=15676 (411 words)

	USS Harwood (DD-861)- US Navy destroyer - Bruce Harwood Profile Page
		Like the USS Princeton, the Hornet was mortally wounded in battle and was then sunk by US ships in order to prevent her from falling into enemy hands.
		Harwood on the bridge of the Princeton during a quiet moment on 10 October 1944.
		In the morning of 24 October 1944, the Princeton's aircraft had joined with fighters from the USS Lexington (CV-16) in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
	www.ussharwood-dd861.info /ussh-blh.htm (1087 words)

	USS Belleau Wood, CVL-24 Unit History
		Before making her first shakedown cruise, a trip was made to Annapolis for inspection by a delegation of Naval authorities from Washington who came aboard and put their final stamp of approval on this third of the class of light, fast carriers.
		On 25 August in company with USS Princeton (CVL~23) and supporting vessels, Belleau Wood set course for her initial assignment of covering the amphibious forces occupying Baker Island, southwest of Pearl Harbor and lying almost on the equator.
		On 23 November the last organized resistance disappeared on Tarawa, after the outcome had hung in balance for four days.
	members.aol.com /oldfungi/cvl24his.html (3421 words)

	USS Princeton (CVL-23) - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Boats were requested to take off remaining personnel and shortly after 1706, Irwin (DD-794)">Irwin (DD-794) began to fire torpedoes at the burning hulk.
		Included in that number was Capt. John M. Hoskins, who had been prospective commanding officer of CVL-23 and lost his right foot with her, but who, despite the loss, would become the 1st commanding officer of the fifth Princeton (CV-37)">Princeton (CV-37).
		See Princeton">USS Princeton for other Navy ships of the same name.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=USS_Princeton_(CVL-23) (1097 words)

	List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This list of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy includes all types in the main hull numbering sequence, consisting of hull classification symbols CV, CVA, CVB, CVL, and CVN.
		The active carriers of the US Navy as of June 1, 2004 are the Kitty Hawk-class carrier USS Kitty Hawk, the Enterprise, the USS John F. Kennedy, and the Nimitz-class carriers Nimitz, Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, John C. Stennis, Harry S. Truman and Ronald Reagan.
		This page was last modified 08:29, 23 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_United_States_Navy (205 words)

	USS Princeton (CVL-23) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier.
		Losses and damage to assisting vessels were heavy: Birmingham--85 killed 300 wounded, a heavily damaged topside, and loss of 2 5", 2 40mm.
		This article includes information collected from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/uss_princeton__cvl_23_ (1131 words)

	The History of the USS Cabot - CVL-28
		Princeton (CVL 23,8 Commissioned: 25 Feb. 1943 Won: Nine battle stars in World War II Fate: Sunk by Japanese air attack in Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944.
		Cowpens (CVL 25) Commissioned 28 May 1943 Won: 12 Battle Stars in World War II and Navy Unit Commendation Fate: Decommissioned in 1947 and scrapped in 1960.
		Chitose and Chiyoda CVLs 11,190 tons, 28.9 knots (Both sunk in Battle of Cape Engano in 1944 by carrier planes.) Ryujo CVL 10,600 tons, 29 knots (Sunk in Solomons by carrier planes) Hosho CVL 7,400 tons (Used mostly for training) ~ 163 ~ ============.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /books/cabot/cab24_29.htm (2287 words)

	Princeton Sailors Remember Those Who Came Before (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Princeton recently honored World War II veterans who served aboard USS Princeton (CVL 23) and commerated the sixth anniversary of the year the ship was sunken during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
		ABOARD USS PRINCETON (NNS) -- Sixty years after surviving the sinking of their ship, more than 50 World War II Sailors reunited for a memorial service aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) Oct. 23 at Naval Base San Diego.
		The light carrier Princeton was lost in an air attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=15676 (508 words)

	USS Cabot / Dedalo - Port Isabel, Texas - Port of Brownsville, Texas p.1
		USS Cabot - CVL 28 / Dedalo RO 1
		The USS Cabot is a Light Fleet Carrier (CVL) it is 600 ft long, a member of the Independence Class of which there were 7 ships.The Cabot is listed as (ex-Wilmington, April 4, 1943.) In a table of CVL information it is listed as having been built in New York by S.B. Corpn.
		The Princeton was sunk October 24, 1944 in the battle of the Philippines.
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /orgs/cabot1.htm (1480 words)

	USS Princeton (CVL-23) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The fourth Princeton was laid down as Tallahassee (CL-61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 2 June 1941; reclassified CV-23 on 16 February 1942; renamed Princeton 31 March 1942; launched 18 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs.
		Availability at Bremerton followed and on 3 January 1944, Princeton steamed west.
		In the ensuing Battle of the Philippine Sea, Princeton's planes contributed 30 kills and her guns an other 3, plus 1 assist, to the devastating toll inflicted on Japan's naval air arm.
	www.worldwar2database.com /~ironwomn/princeton.html (1034 words)

	Wadsworth Hisory Page
		Putting to sea on 23 May, Wadsworth screened the carriers Princeton (CVL-23) and Yorktown (CV-10) out of Port of Spain, Trinidad, as they conducted training evolutions.
		A few minutes after midnight on the 24th, the destroyer opened fire and shelled a supply dump, stowage houses, and enemy troop concentrations in that area.
		Wadsworth's guns again spoke in the invasion of Guam on the night of 24 and 25 July, before she took a radar picket station between Guam and Rota Islands.
	bobrosssr.tripod.com /516history.html (4056 words)

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