USS_Princeton_(CVL-23)_1944_10_24_1523explosion.jpg
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Summary
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English:
Torpedoes aboard the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS
Princeton
(CVL-23) explode on 24 October 1944, after she was bombed by a Japanese aircraft during the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The light cruiser USS
Reno
(CL-96) is visible on this side of the
Princeton
.
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| Date | |
| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1983.046.010.039 |
| Author | U.S. Navy (The image is part of an album of photographs collected by Captain Carlos W. Wieber during his command of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during 1944-1945.) |
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work
of the
U.S. federal government
, it is in the
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in the United States.
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