USS Princeton

Scuttled

Type	Aircraft carrier
Class	Independence
War	Second World War
Main guns	22 × 1.6″ guns

Light carrier built on a cruiser hull. Fought at the Philippine Sea. Hit by a single bomb off Luzon on 24 October 1944, the first day of Leyte Gulf; fires reached her torpedoes and blew off her stern, wrecking Birmingham alongside. Scuttled that evening.

The U.S. Navy light aircraft carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23) steaming at 20 knots off Seattle, Washington (USA), on 3 January 1944. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

22 × Bofors 40 mm guns
16 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	2 June 1941
Launched	18 October 1942
Commissioned	25 February 1943
Displacement	13,000 tons
Length	622.5 ft (189.7 m)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h)
Complement	1,569 officers and men

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

18 October 1942

Battle of the Philippine Sea

Survived

19–20 June 1944

Battle of the Sibuyan Sea

Scuttled

24 October 1944

Bombed off Luzon; scuttled that evening