Photo #: 80-G-270398 Loss of USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944 View of Princeton's port midships area, showing her collapsed forward aircraft elevator and shattered flight deck, the results of explosions in her hangar deck following a Japanese bomb hit off the Philippines on 24 October 1944. Photographed from USS Birmingham (CL-62), which was coming alongside to assist with firefighting. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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15 May 2003