Princeton Photographs | World War II Database

40 items in this album on 2 pages.


Launch of Princeton at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, United States, 18 Oct 1942	USS Princeton underway in the Delaware River, off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 28 Mar 1943, 1 of 2

USS Princeton underway in the Delaware River, off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 28 Mar 1943, 2 of 2	Light Carrier USS Princeton with a deck full of aircraft on her shakedown cruise, 31 May 1943 off Antigua. Photo 1 of 4

Light Carrier USS Princeton with a deck full of aircraft on her shakedown cruise, 31 May 1943 off Antigua. Photo 2 of 4	Light Carrier USS Princeton with a deck full of aircraft on her shakedown cruise, 31 May 1943 off Antigua. Photo 3 of 4

Light Carrier USS Princeton with a deck full of aircraft on her shakedown cruise, 31 May 1943 off Antigua. Photo 4 of 4	F6F-5F Hellcat of VF-23 loses its tail section upon landing aboard the carrier Princeton, 1943-44.

USS Princeton off Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States, 1 Jan 1944, 1 of 3	USS Princeton off Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States, 1 Jan 1944, 2 of 3

USS Princeton off Puget Sound Navy Yard, Washington, United States, 1 Jan 1944, 3 of 3	USS Princeton off Seattle, Washington, United States, 3 Jan 1944, 1 of 2

USS Princeton off Seattle, Washington, United States, 3 Jan 1944, 2 of 2	Ships at Pearl Harbor’s repair piers, 16 Jan 1944. Note the camouflage paint on the buildings.

Enlisted personnel of Torpedo Squadron VT-27 in front of the scoreboard for USS Princeton (Independence-class), Western Pacific, late 1944.	A Japanese aircraft crashing near USS Princeton off Taiwan, 14 Oct 1944; note South Dakota-class battleship USS South Dakota or USS Alabama in background

Badly damaged carrier USS Princeton burns as cruiser Reno and destroyer Morrison close in to offer assistance, 24 Oct 1944 as seen from USS Essex off Luzon in the Philippines.	Birmingham attempted to fight fires aboard Princeton, 24 Oct 1944, photo 1 of 2

Birmingham attempted to fight fires aboard Princeton, 24 Oct 1944, photo 2 of 2	Birmingham withdrawing from Princeton after she was abandoned, 24 Oct 1944. Photo 1 of 2