Keywords: Princeton burning.jpg The U S Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton CVL-23 burning soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on 24 October 1944 <br> This view taken from the battleship USS South Dakota BB-57 at about 1001 hrs shows the large smoke column passing aft following a heavy explosion in the carrier's hangar deck Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-280000/80-G-287970 html 80-G-287970 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1944-10-24 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Princeton CVL-23 Battle of the Sibuyan Sea Black and white photographs in the 1940s Black and white photographs of ships 1944-10-24 Burning ships |