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USS Princeton (CVL-23)
Independence-class light aircraft carrier of the US Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Princeton.
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Name | USS Princeton |
Namesake | Battle of Princeton |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
Laid down | 2 June 1941 |
Launched | 18 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 25 February 1943 |
Fate | Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese air attack on 24 October 1944 in the Battle of Leyte Gulf |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Independence-class aircraft carrier |
Displacement | 13,000 tons |
Length | 622.5 ft (189.7 m) |
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Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Speed | 31 knots |
Complement | 1,569 officers and men |
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Aircraft carried | 45 |
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The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy Independence-class light aircraft carrier active in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. She was launched in 1942 and lost at the Battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944.