Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, October 24
The
Princeton
Burning
The US Navy light aircraft carrier USS
Princeton
(CVL-23) burning soon after she was hit by a Japanese bomb while operating off the Philippines on October 24, 1944. 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