Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

CVL-23 USS Princeton

• Independence class Light Carrier:
• Displacement: 11,000 tons
• Length: 622'6"
• Beam: 109'2"
• Draft: 26'
• Speed: 32 kts.
• Armament: 18 40mm, 33 planes
• Complement: 1569
• Built at New York Shipbuilding Corp., and commissioned 25 February 1943
• Converted from light cruiser while building

Damaged by Japanese dive-bomber off Leyte 24 Oct 44; Princeton was scuttled by cruiser Reno after explosion of torpedo room (which inflicted major damage on the light cruiser Birmingham ).

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Princeton
• Carrier Down; The Sinking of the U.S.S. Princeton, Thomas I. Bradshaw & Marsha L. Clark) Eakin: 1990)

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Birmingham alongside burning Princeton

Princeton burning and abandoned

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