USN · CVL
Princeton
Photos and infoIndependence-class light carrier, CVL-23. Laid down as the cruiser Tallahassee. Commissioned 25 February 1943. She was at Kwajalein and Majuro at the end of January 1944 and over Eniwetok in February. She was not sunk there. A bomb set her on fire off Luzon on 24 October 1944 and she was sunk that day.
| Class | Independence class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light carrier (CVL) |
| Hull | CVL-23 |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden |
| Launched | 1942-10-18 |
| Commissioned | 1943-02-25 |
| Fate | Sunk. off Luzon on 24 October 1944 during the Leyte operation. Not sunk in the Marshalls. |
| Armament (class) | Light carrier converted from a cruiser hull. Flight deck and an island. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Princeton (CVL-23) seen from above, underway in the Atlantic on her shakedown cruise on 31 May 1943. U.S. Navy photograph. Wikimedia Commons File:Overhead view of USS Princeton (CVL-23) in May 1943.jpeg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · Kwajalein and Majuro, 29 to 31 January, then Eniwetok in February; not sunk here
