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	USS Princeton (1843) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Princeton was laid down 20 October 1842 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard as a 700-ton corvette.
		Princeton sailed 1 January 1844 for New York where she received her two big guns named Peacemaker and Oregon.
		Princeton was sent to Washington, D.C. in late January 1844, arriving 13 February.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Princeton_(1843) (837 words)

	USS Princeton
		The first Princeton[?] was a screw sloop[?] 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 unti 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.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Princeton.html (130 words)

	USS Princeton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Princeton was a screw sloop, launched and commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy.
		The third Princeton was a gunboat launched in 1897 and commissioned in 1898.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Princeton (258 words)

	CG 59 Princeton
		USS Princeton's primary mission is to operate with aircraft carrier battle groups or as part of surface action groups in extreme threat environments well into the 21st century.
		USS Princeton (CG 59) is equipped to operate in a high-density multi-threat environment as an integral member of a battle group or surface action group (SAG), to include striking targets along hostile shore lines or well inland.
		USS Princeton was the Navy's first cruiser equipped with the AN/SPY-1B radar system, which provided a significant improvement in the detection capabilities of the AEGIS Weapons System.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/cg-59.htm (2338 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/USS Princeton (1843)
		Princeton was laid down 20 October 1842 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard under the supervision of Captain Robert F. Stockton; launched 5 September 1843; and ordered commissioned 9 September 1843, Capt. Robert F. Stockton in command.
		She departed Philadelphia 17 October for a sea trial, proceeded to New York where she engaged in a speed contest with the British steamer Great Western and returned to Philadelphia 20 October to finish outfitting.
		The former was made by Hogg and Delamater, New York, New York under the direction of Capt. Stockton, who got the idea for it while in England.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/USS_Princeton_(1843) (569 words)

	combatindex.com - US Sea Systems: CG 59 (USS PRINCETON)
		USS PRINCETON is the sixth ship to bear this name and was commissioned in 1989 in Pascagoula, MS.
		As a result of September 11, 2001, USS PRINCETON was assigned duties as Air Defense Commander for Task Force 50, which encompasses all Navy and coalition forces operating in the Arabian Gulf and the North Arabian Sea.
		USS PRINCETON's primary duty throughout deployment was providing air defense for all the ships in the task force, which at one point, included four carriers, three air wings and one ARG.
	www.combatindex.com /hardware/detail/sea/cg59_detail.html (886 words)

	The USS monitor
		As the USS Princeton was shown to top naval officials in 1844, her guns were fired.
		The USS Monitor was ready for battle and Ericsson knew he had the respect of the top officials.
		On February 25, 1862, the USS Monitor was released to the Department of the Navy and she was to set sail to Hampton, Virginia.
	id.essortment.com /ussmonitor_rxuh.htm (946 words)

	John Ericsson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On October 20 1843 Princeton won a speed competition against the paddle-steamer SS Great Western, which had until then been regarded the fastest steamer.
		Ericsson presented drawings of the USS Monitor a totally unique and novel design of armoured ships, which after much controversy was eventually built and finished on March 6, 1862.
		After his passing in 1889 his remains were brought from the United States to Stockholm by USS Baltimore and to the final resting place at Filipstad, in his VÃ¤rmland.
	cyberitch.com /wiki/index.php?title=John_Ericsson (1347 words)

	Screw Propellers
		Launched in 1843, USS Princeton was the first screw steam warship of the US Navy [Rattler, the first British warship with screw, was also launched in 1843].
		The "Princeton" was equipped with two 12-inch wrought-iron guns, one brought by Ericsson from England and one designed and built under the direction of Captain Stockton.
		In the course of the two succeeding years, she was tried with a great many different screws, and numerous experiments were made to discover the length, diameter, pitch, and number of blades of the screw, most effective in all the various conditions of wind and sea.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/steam4.htm (4080 words)

	The Gaudette Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Fourth PRINCETON (CVL23) was built in Camden, N.J., and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, February 25, 1943.
		She was named after the Battle of Princeton and was the first aircraft carrier to bear the name.
		The Fifth PRINCETON (CV37), launched July 8, 1945 at Philadelphia Navy Yard, is named in honor of the light carrier.
	www.patg.com /Gaudettes/ussprinceton.html (526 words)

	Military.com Content
		The explosion of the massive cannon nicknamed the "Peacemaker" on board the revolutionary USS Princeton struck the highest strata of Washington society and the lowest.
		Captain Robert F. Stockton of Princeton, New Jersey, had assembled the very cream of the capital, including President John Tyler, for a demonstration cruise on board the pride of the United States Navy, the steam frigate USS Princeton.
		Stockton guided construction of the Princeton, using some of his family's wealth to help finance the project when it cost more than the Navy was willing to spend.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1?file=NH_0905_Cruise-P1 (1465 words)

	Princeton Area and Montgomery Township New Jersey homes & real estate - America's NUMBER1EXPERT(tm) : Check Out My ...
		Princeton Borough is home to 15 national historic sites; six are National Historic landmarks and nine are sites and districts listed on the National register of Historic Places.
		The Mercer oak, which until recently stood in Princeton Battlefield State Park, witnessed the Battle of Princeton during the Revolution and gave shelter to the mortally wounded Gen. Hugh Mercer, for whom the tree was named.
		Princeton University was chartered in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, the name by which it was known for the next 150 years.
	www.arlenehauser.com /town.htm (2127 words)

	Ernest Dudley Martin, Class of 1865
		Ernest Dudley Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 1, 1843 the second son of William and Sarah Ann Smith Martin.
		He was examined at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia and passed as qualified on March 9, 1865 and was appointed as acting assistant surgeon with a monthly salary of $104.
		He was ordered to the receiving ship Princeton at the Philadelphia Naval Yard in mid March; he was then required to take passage aboard the USS Bermuda for Key West, Florida and to report for duty as a relief surgeon aboard the USS Fort Henry.
	chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/m/ed_martinED.htm (526 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Princeton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Built by Merrick and Towne of Philadelphia, Princeton's propulsion consisted of a semicylindrical reciprocating steam engine driving a single helicoidal screw—that is, one with a single blade that spirals around the shaft.
		Following repairs, Princeton was deployed with the Home Squadron in 1845, serving on blockade duty in the Mexican War and carrying to Galveston the Congressional resolution annexing Texas.
		Some of her timbers and Ericsson's engine were used in the construction of USS Princeton of 1851, the second of five vessels so named.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_072400_ussprinceto1.htm (296 words)

	Frist Campus Center Iconography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The first U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name Princeton was commissioned in September 1843; she was the first naval ship to be powered by steam-driven screw machinery and was considered the most technologically advanced warship of her day.
		Princeton Professor Joseph Henry helped to investigate the accident, which led him to study the molecular cohesion of matter.
		To learn more about the history of science at Princeton, see icon #2, 5, 6, and 7, quotation #9, 27, 34, and 39, and Café Vivian picture #14, 15, 22, 25, 32, 35, 41, 43, 51, 64, 75, 78, 87, 90, 114, and 131.
	www.princeton.edu /frist/iconography/p83.shtml (212 words)

	James Croxall Palmer, Class of 1829
		In 1843 Palmer published an epic poem he had begun during the Antarctic venture, called Thulia: A Tale of the Antarctic, dedicated to the commander of the USS Flying Fish, the ship that had ventured the furthest south into the unknown seas.
		On February 28, 1844, he was on hand and in charge of the wounded from the famous explosion aboard the USS Princeton, on the Potomac River near Fort Washington, Maryland, which had among its casualties the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Navy.
		When the Academy was forced to move to Rhode Island at the outbreak of the Civil War, he moved with it and assumed the position of senior medical officer at the institution.
	chronicles.dickinson.edu /encyclo/p/ed_palmerJC.html (595 words)

	USN Ships--USS Princeton (1843-1849)
		USS Princeton, a 1046-ton screw steamer built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, was commissioned in September 1843.
		Her engines were used in constructing a new USS Princeton a few years later.
		It depicts the explosion of a heavy gun on board USS Princeton, in the Potomac River, which killed or mortally wounded seven and injured about twenty people.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-p/prnctn.htm (390 words)

	THE FORGOTTEN TRAGEDY The 1844 explosion on the USS Princeton shook the presidency of John Tyler
		With its combination of stealth and firepower, the Princeton was regarded as nearly invulnerable to attack.
		He thought the Princeton had been "ordered round here to be exhibited to the President and the heads of the Executive Departments, and to the members of both Houses of Congress to fire their souls with a patriotic ardor for a naval war."
		The morning of Feb. 28 was sunny and warm and the ice that had impeded the Princeton on its arrival in the Potomac was thawing.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2005/092005/09242005/104850/printer_friendly (3069 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		USS AGERHOLM (DD 826) returned to formation.03010310bExercised the crew at General Quarters, set condition of readiness 1AA, material condition Able.
		USS ORLECK (DD 886) in station No. 2.IGuide is now USS JUNEAU (CLAA 119), bearing 147 (T), distance 5500 yards./Changed formation axis to the right to 270 (T).OChanged course to 270 (T&pgc), 279 (psc).
		USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV 47) and USS BOXER (CV 21) in formation 4 R. Formation axis is 060 (T).
	www.ussorleck.com /decklogs/xls/April_1951.xls (1672 words)

	Office of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company 1868
		Captain Robert F. Stockton, USN (1795-1866) Robert Field Stockton was born in Princeton, New Jersey, on 20 August 1795.
		He was appointed a Midshipman in the U.S. Navy at the age of sixteen, serving at sea and ashore during the War of 1812.
		This ship became USS Princeton (1843-1849), the Navy's first screw-propelled steamer, whose construction he oversaw and which he commanded when she was completed in 1843.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,office-delaware-raritan,341639.html (992 words)

	The Mariners' Museum - Monitor: History and Legacy
		Launched in 1843, the USS Princeton was the first warship in naval history to be designed and built as a screw-powered ship.
		Though the Princeton proved to be a successful design, she placed a fl mark on Ericsson's reputation.
		In 1854, during the time when the French navy was experimenting with ironclad ships, Ericsson submitted to Napoleon III a design for a floating battery.
	www.mariner.org /monitor/04_revunion/john_ericsson.html (822 words)

	Ex Astris Scientia - Federation Ship Names L-Z
		Note that USS Merrimack and USS Monitor have adjacent registries as a reconciling gesture (although in such a case they should have properly named the other ship "USS Virginia" instead of USS Merrimack).
		The name for the USS Princeton of 1843 comes from Princeton, West Virginia, the hometown of Captain Robert F. Stockton, who first suggested her construction.
		But it seems the intended namesake was the USS Pueblo, a US Navy intelligence vessel that was hijacked by North Korean forces in 1968.
	www.ex-astris-scientia.org /articles/name_origins2.htm (2162 words)

	[No title]
		On Sept. 5, 1843, the first successful steamship the USS Princeton was launched.
		In the Civil War, the USS Hunley attacked the USS Housatonic, marking the first true submarine attack (they both went down) The Civil War saw the development of two famed ironclads: The USS Merrimack(renamed the CSS Virginia by the Confederacy) and the Union’s USS Monitor.
		On Feb 15, 1898 the USS Maine was sunk while anchored in Cuba's Havana harbor which led to the Spanish American War.
	www.navystorekeeper.com /14325.doc (11800 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		USS JOHN R. CRAIG (DD-885) assumed duties of Screen Commander.QCommenced attacks on submarine using alternate depth charge and Hedgehog attacks.&Changed course to 180° T&PGC, 175°PSC.Completed ASW exercises and assumed tactical command of USS FLOYD B. PARKS (DD-884) and USS MACKENZIE (DD-836) while USS PERKINS (DDR-877) surfaces submarine.xOn station.
		Guide USS PRINCETON (CVS-37) will bear 072° T, 8500 yards distant.QOn station, on base course 180° T&PGC, 175° PSC at base speed 12 knots (108 RPM).OManeuvering on various courses at various speeds while conducting ASW exercise.@Maneuvering to rejoin formation.
		Ships alongside to port are USS PERKINS (DDR-877), USS CRAIG (DD-885), and USS PARKS (DD-884).aMoored starboard side to USS FRONTIER (AD-25) at buoy B-4, Yokosuka Harbor, Yokosuka, Japan, with 6-6 inch manila lines all doubled and 1 wire cable from tender through bullnose.
	www.ussorleck.com /decklogs/xls/December_1954.xls (1473 words)

	USS Princeton - TheBestLinks.com - American Revolutionary War, Aircraft carrier, February 28, Korean War, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		USS Princeton - TheBestLinks.com - American Revolutionary War, Aircraft carrier, February 28, Korean War,...
		USS Princeton, American Revolutionary War, Aircraft carrier, February 28...
		This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	www.thebestlinks.com /USS_Princeton.html (289 words)

	Whatever Happened?
		USS AMBERJACK (SS-219), was presumed lost on 3-22-43.
		USS BALTIMORE in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
		USS ARGONAUT (SM1), and his country, in action with the enemy on 1-11-43.
	members.cox.net /cpopina/whathapp.htm (5168 words)

	USS Princeton: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The third Princeton was a gunboat (A small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols)
		The fourth Princeton (CVL-23)[for more info, click this link] was a light aircraft carrier (A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings)
		The fifth Princeton (CV-37)[for more, click this link] was an aircraft carrier (A large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/uss_princeton2 (578 words)

	Uss Princeton (1843) - USS Princeton (1843) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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