USS Princeton (CV-37)
Service
- as Princeton18 November 1945 — 30 January 1970
- Name
- USS Princeton
- Pennant / hull number
- CV-37
- Namesake
- Battle of Princeton
- Builder
- Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
- Laid down
- 14 September 1943
- Launched
- 8 July 1945
- Commissioned
- 18 November 1945
- Decommissioned
- 21 June 1949
- Recommissioned
- 28 August 1950
- Struck
- 30 January 1970
- Fate
- Scrapped, September 1972 (1972)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 27,100 long tons (27,535 t)
- Length
- 270.66 m (888 ft) OA
- Beam
- 28.35 m (93 ft)
- Draught
- 8.53 m (28 ft)
- Speed
- 33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
- Complement
- 3,448
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
The second U.S. Navy ship to honor the famous Revolutionary War battle of 2-3 January 1777 and the birthplace of Capt. Robert F. Stockton.
Valley Forge (CV-37) was laid down at the Philadelphia [Pa.} Navy Yard on 14 September 1943; renamed Princeton on 21 November 1944; launched on 8 July 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Harold Dodds; and commissioned on 18 November 1945, Capt. John M. Hoskins in command.
Following shakedown off Cuba, Princeton, with Air Group 81 embarked, remained in the Atlantic and operated with the Eighth Fleet until June 1946. Then transferred to the Pacific Fleet, she arrived at San Diego on the 31st, and departed again 3 July to carry the body of the late Philippine President Manuel Quezon back to Luzon for burial.
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From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Princeton V (CV-37)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × geared steam turbines
- 4 × shafts
- Power
- 8 × boilers
- 150000 shp
- Armament
- 12 × 5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns
- 32 × Bofors 40 mm guns
- 46 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
- Armour
- Belt: 4 in
- Hangar deck: 2.5 in
- Deck: 1.5 in
- Conning tower: 1.5 inch
- Aircraft
- 90–100 aircraft
Sister ships
- USS Antietam (CV-36)
- USS Bennington (CV-20)
- USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)
- USS Boxer (CV-21)
- USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)
- USS Essex (CV-9)
- USS Franklin (CV-13)
- USS Hancock (CV-19)
- USS Hornet (CV-12)
- USS Intrepid (CV-11)
- USS Kearsarge (CV-33)
- USS Lake Champlain (CV-39)
- USS Lexington (CV-16)
- USS Leyte (CV-32)
- USS Oriskany
- USS Philippine Sea (CV-47)
- USS Randolph (CV-15)
- USS Shangri-La
- USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
- USS Wasp (CV-18)
- USS Yorktown (CV-10)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Princeton (CV-37) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Service history reproduced verbatim from Princeton V (CV-37) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy National Naval Aviation Museum photo NNAM.1996.488.060.030 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons