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    15°21′N 123°31′E / 15.350°N 123.517°E / 15.350; 123.517 The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier...
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  • commissioned in 1898 USS Princeton (CVL-23), a light aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943, sunk at Leyte Gulf in 1944 USS Princeton (CV-37), an aircraft...
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  • cruiser to the Independence-class aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) before launching. The third USS Tallahassee (CL-116) was a Fargo-class light cruiser...
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    CL-61 2 June 1941 — — — Reordered as the light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) Birmingham CL-62 Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company...
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    Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was renamed Princeton on 21 November 1944 to commemorate the light carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23), which was lost at the Battle of...
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  • Monterey (CV-26) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) USS Cowpens (CVL-25) USS Cabot (CVL-28) USS Princeton (CVL-23) USS Langley (CVL-27) USN Resupply TF-58 at Majuro...
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    destroyed USS Princeton (CVL-23) in 1944, Hoskins refused retirement and went on to serve as the first commanding officer of the new USS Princeton (CV-37)...
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    fitting out of light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23). He served as a member of the ship's company when Princeton was commissioned on 25 February 1943...
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  • USS Monterey (CVL-26), USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS Cowpens (CVL-25), USS Cabot (CVL-28), USS Princeton (CVL-23), and USS Langley (CVL-27) against Japanese military...
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    Center (29 May 2003). "Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944 – Loss of USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944". Online Library of Selected Images: World War...
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    was reorganized around the light aircraft carriers USS Princeton (CVL-23) and USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) under Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee and supported...
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    Santa Cruz Islands. The erstwhile Valley Forge was renamed Princeton after USS Princeton (CVL-23) was sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944. The...
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  • Operations of World War 2. Retrieved 22 Nov 2020. Celander, p. 47 "USS Princeton (CVL-23)". National Museum of the U.S. Navy. Naval History and Heritage...
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    Mitscher's flagship, USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Princeton (CVL-23), and USS San Jacinto (CVL-30). Steaming just out of range of the American planes, the...
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    USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class. One of the largest warships in the world, she was...
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    The USS Independence CVL-22 Official Site". www.cvl-22.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2015. "USS Bataan (CVL-29)"...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24). USS BELLEAU WOOD(CV-24)(later CVL-24) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24, originally CV-24), 1943–1960...
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  • top students, Hoskins is given command of the aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) but its present commander, Capt. William Buracker is retained for...
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    Following shakedown in the Caribbean, she was reclassified CVL-23 on July 15, 1943. Princeton participated in the First and Second Rabaul Air Strikes, on...
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    January 1951. Princeton (CV/CVL-23) – Destroyed as a result of Japanese air attack 24 October 1944 during Battle of Leyte Gulf. Belleau Wood (CV/CVL-24) – Decommissioned...
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  • at Operation Crossroads to be scuttled off California in 1951. USS Princeton (CVL-23) was off the Philippines when on 24 October 1944, shortly before...
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    the Battle for Leyte Gulf, 23 to 26 October, Morrison operated off Luzon. On the 24th, she came to the aid of Princeton (CVL-23), badly damaged by a Japanese...
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    with heavy air strikes, scoring a lucky bomb hit on light carrier Princeton (CVL-23). In a heroic saga that brought Irwin the award of the Navy Unit Commendation...
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    (completed as Independence (CVL-22)) (CL-60) Santa Fe (1942) – WW2: 13 battle stars (CL-61) Tallahassee (completed as Princeton (CVL-23)) (CL-62) Birmingham...
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  • USS Monterey (CV-26), USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS Cowpens (CVL-25), USS Cabot (CVL-28), USS Princeton (CVL-23), and USS Langley (CVL-27) strike Japanese bases in...
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    USS Wasp USS Hancock ‡ USS Bennington USS Boxer ‡ USS Bon Homme Richard USS Leyte ‡ USS Kearsarge ‡ USS Antietam ‡ USS PrincetonUSS Shangri-La ‡ USS Lake...
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    Pacific Ocean. "USS Hoel (DD 533)". uboat.net. Retrieved July 10, 2023. "SS (John A. Johnson (+1944)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved May 23, 2023. "Seawolf...
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    and torpedo planes closed the formation. Many were shot down, but Princeton (CVL-23) was lost. That evening TG 38.3 was ordered north to rendezvous with...
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  • 1998. "Timeline: Deadliest ferry disasters in the Philippines". Reuters. 23 June 2008. "Sculpio Lines Inc. Sea Accidents" (PDF). The Inquirer. Archived...
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    USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton at...
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