File:USS Princeton (CVL-23) 1944 10 24 1523explosion.jpg

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English: The light carrier USS Princeton explodes at 1523 on 24 October 1944 - after being bombed by a Japanese aircraft during the Battle for Leyte Gulf.

The light cruiser USS Birmingham (CL-62) is visible on this side of the Princeton. Birmingham was seriously damaged in the explosion, which caused more than three hundred casualties aboard the cruiser.

[This is an official US Navy photograph, probably taken from the battleship USS South Dakota]

Date

24 October 1944

Source

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Author

an US Navy sailor, perhaps on USS South Dakota

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Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/leyteglf/cvl23-l.htm

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

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