USS Princeton (CVL-23)
Service
- as USS Princeton25 February 1943 — 13 November 1944627 days of the war
- Name
- USS Princeton
- Pennant / hull number
- CVL-23
- Namesake
- Battle of Princeton
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding Corporation
- Laid down
- 2 June 1941
- Launched
- 18 October 1942
- Commissioned
- 25 February 1943
- Struck
- 13 November 1944
- Fate
- Scuttled after being severely damaged by Japanese air attack on 24 October 1944 in the Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 13,000 long tons (13,209 t)
- Length
- 189.74 m (622.5 ft)
- Beam
- 21.79 m (71.5 ft)
- Draught
- 7.92 m (26 ft)
- Speed
- 31 knots (57.4 km/h, 35.7 mph)
- Complement
- 1,569
- Main gun
- 40 mm (1.6 in)
USS Princeton was a Independence-class aircraft carrier, operated by the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number CVL-23. The ship was named after Battle of Princeton. New York Shipbuilding Corporation laid her keel on 2 June 1941. Launched on 18 October 1942, she entered service on 25 February 1943.
20 ships of the class were built. The Saipan-class aircraft carrier followed.
She displaced 13,000 long tons. She measured 189.7 m (623 ft) long with a beam of 21.8 m (71 ft). Her designed speed was 31 knots, and she carried a complement of 1,569. Her main battery was of 40 mm (1.6 in) calibre.
She carried 45 aircraft.
She was in commission for 627 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 13 November 1944.
She was scuttled on 24 October 1944, at 15°21′N 123°31′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Armament
- 22 × Bofors 40 mm guns
- 16 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons
- Aircraft
- 45
Sister ships
- USS Amsterdam (CL-59)
- USS Bataan (CVL-29)
- USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24)
- USS Buffalo (CL-99)
- USS Cabot (CVL-28)
- USS Cowpens (CVL-25)
- USS Dayton (CL-78)
- USS Fargo (CL-85)
- USS Huntington (CL-77)
- USS Independence (CVL-22)
- USS Langley (CVL-27)
- USS Monterey (CVL-26)
- USS New Haven (CL-76)
- USS Newark (CL-100)
- USS Princeton (CV-23)
- USS Reprisal (CV-30)
- USS San Jacinto (CVL-30)
- USS Tallahassee (CL-61)
- USS Wilmington (CL-79)
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Princeton (CVL-23) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Navy photo NH 95651 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons