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80-G-270453 Loss of USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944

Photo #: 80-G-270453 Loss of USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944
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Title: Loss of USS Princeton (CVL-23), 24 October 1944
Description: View from the foredeck on USS Birmingham (CL-62) as she stood alongside Princeton to help fight her fires, during the afternoon of 24 October. The carrier had been hit by a Japanese air attack while operating off the Philippines. Note fire hoses on Birmingham's deck and details of the underside of her Number Two 6/47 gun turret. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Catalog #: 80-G-270453
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