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The ship was laid down as the Cleveland-class light cruiser Tallahassee (CL-61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 2 June 1941.She was reclassified as the Independence-class light aircraft carrier CV-23 on 16 February 1942, renamed Princeton 31 March 1942, launched 18 October 1942, sponsored by Margaret Dodds (wife of Princeton University president Harold Dodds), and ...
USS Princeton (CG-59) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy.Armed with naval guns and anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine missiles, plus other weapons, she is equipped for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, and anti-submarine warfare.
USS Princeton (CV/CVA/CVS-37, LPH-5) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during and shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fifth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton .
USS Princeton (CVL-23) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) USN raid on Tarawa and Makin Islands (18–19 September 1943) USN Task Force 50: USS Lexington (2) (CV-16) USS Princeton (CVL-23) USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24) IJN ferry troops and equipment to reinforce Truk (Sept – October 1943) IJN Junyo (CVL) RN Atlantic convoy escort (23 September 1943 – 25 ...
The third USS Princeton was a composite gunboat in the United States Navy. Princeton was laid down in May 1896 by J. H. Dialogue and Son , Camden, New Jersey ; launched on 3 June 1897; sponsored by Miss Margeretta Updike; and commissioned on 27 May 1898 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
Carrier Strike Group 11 (CSG-11 or CARSTRKGRU 11) is a U.S. Navy carrier strike group.The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the strike group's current flagship.Other units currently assigned to the group include the cruisers USS Lake Erie (CG-70) and USS Princeton (CG-59), and Destroyer Squadron 9.
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In January 1950, the squadron sailed from Alameda aboard USS Boxer. It was redesignated Fighter Squadron 192 on 15 February, and returned from the Western Pacific in June. Immediately upon return, VF-192 transitioned to the F4U-4 Corsair. The squadron deployed aboard USS Princeton from November 1950 to June 1951 in support of the Korean War.