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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Cleveland-class cruiser (redirect from USS Youngstown (CL-94))
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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Essex-class aircraft carrier (redirect from USS Reprisal (CV-35))
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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List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II (section Aircraft carrier, light (CVL))
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 Princeton ‡ USS 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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