Photo #: 80-G-270546 Loss of USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944 Smoke rises after a massive explosion in Princeton's hangar deck, shortly after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on 24 October 1944. A destroyer is visible at right. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 81KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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15 May 2003