Image: USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1523explosion
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Description: 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.
Title: USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1523explosion
Credit: 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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