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From one of tthe survivors of the sinking of the U.S.S. Princeton by the Japanese in WW2. NAMDE INSIDE AND RESEARCHABLE. 60 years later, T CANNOT BE MANY CAPS AROUND WITH THIS TALLY ON THEM!! displacement: 11,000 tons length: 622½ feet beam: 71½ feet; extreme width at flight deck: 109 feet 2 inches draft: 26 feet speed: 31 knots complement: 1,569 crew armament: 22 40mm guns, 16 20mm guns class: Independence The Aircraft Carrier Princeton was laid down as Tallahassee (CL-61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J., 2 June 1941; reclassified CV-23 on 16 February 1942; renamed Princeton 31 March 1942; launched 18 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Harold Dodds, and commissioned at Philadelphia 25 February 1943, Capt. George R. Henderson in command. Following shakedown in the Caribbean, and reclassification to CVL-23 on 15 July 1943, Princeton, with Air Group 23 embarked, got underway for the Pacific. Arriving at Pearl Harbor 9 August, she sortied with Task Force (TF) 11 on the 25th and headed for Baker Island. T she served as flagship, Task Group (TG) 11.2, and provided air cover during the occupation of the island and the construction of an airfield t, 1-14 September. During that time her planes downed Japanese Emily reconnaissance planes and, more importantly, furnished the fleet with photographs of them. Completing that mission, Princeton rendezvoused with TF 15, conducted strikes against enemy installations on Makin and Tarawa, then headed back to Pearl Harbor. In mid-October 1943, she sailed for Espiritu Santo w she joined TF 38 on the 20th. With that force, she sent her planes against airfields at Buka and Bonis on Bougainville (1-2 November) to diminish Japanese aerial resistance during the landings at Empress Augusta Bay. On the 5th and 11th her planes raided Rabaul and on the 19th, with TF 50, helped neutralize the airfield at Nauru. Princeton then steamed northeast, covered the garrison groups enroute to Makin and Tarawa and, after exchanging operational aircraft for damaged planes from other carriers, got underway for Pearl Harbor and the west coast. An availability at Bremerton followed and on 3 January 1944, Princeton steamed west. At Pearl Harbor, she rejoined the fast carriers of TF 50, now designated TF 58. On the 19th, she sortied with TG 58.4 for strikes at Wotje and Taroa (29-31 January ) to support amphibious operations against Kwajalein and Majuro. Her planes photographed the next assault target, Eniwetok, 2 February and on the 3rd returned on a more destructive assignment -- the demolition of the airfield on Engebi. For 3 days the ato ll was bombed and strafed. On the 7th, Princeton retired to Kwajalein only to return to Eniwetok on the 10th-13th and 16th-28th, when her planes softened the beaches for the invasion force, then provided air cover during the assault and ensuing fight. From Eniwetok, Princeton retired to Majuro, thence to Espiritu Santo for replenishment. On 23 March 1944, she got underway for strikes against enemy installation and shipping in the Carolines. After striking the Palaus, Woleai and Yap, the force replenished at Majuro and sortied again 13 April. Steaming to New Guinea, the carriers provided air cover for the Hollandia operation (21-29 April), then crossed back over the International Date Line to raid Truk (29-30 April) and Ponape (1 May). On 11 May 1944, Princeton returned to Pearl Harbor only to depart again on the 29th for Majuro. T she rejoined the fast carriers and pointed her bow toward the Marianas to support the assault on Saipan. From 11-18 June, she sent her ... 
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