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

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English: Torpedoes aboard the U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) explode on 24 October 1944, after she was bombed by a Japanese aircraft during the Battle for Leyte Gulf. The light cruiser USS Reno (CL-96) is visible on this side of the Princeton.
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Source U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1983.046.010.039
Author U.S. Navy (The image is part of an album of photographs collected by Captain Carlos W. Wieber during his command of the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9) during 1944-1945.)

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current21:06, 15 September 2015Thumbnail for version as of 21:06, 15 September 20151,746 × 1,304 (1.26 MB)Cobatfor (talk | contribs)similar photo to avoid duplication of File:USS Princeton (CVL-23) 2nd explosion.jpg
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