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U.S.S. Princeton [C.V.L.-23] Collection
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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: University Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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The U.S.S. Princeton was a World War II American carrier vessel that was demolished by Japanese forces off the coast of the Philippines in October 1944. The carrier had participated in successful campaigns throughout the Pacific, particularly for the Gilbert, Solomon, Marshall, Carolina, Mariana, and Philippine Islands. The disaster claimed 108 lives, and more than 600 were injured. This collection contains research materials for the book Carrier Down, The Story of the Sinking of the U.S.S. Princeton (CVL-23) by Thomas I. Bradshaw and Marcia Clark, in which the history of the U.S.S. Princeton is chronicled.
Consists of research materials for the book Carrier Down: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Princeton (1990), co-authored by Thomas I. Bradshaw and Marsha L. Clark. Included are typed transcriptions of tape-recorded interviews, newspaper clippings, and recollections written by individual men who served on the carrier when it was bombed by the Japanese on October 24, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf; subject files of materials used in the writing of the book, such as photocopies of the Navy War Damage Reports, lists of survivors, and information on types of Japanese aircraft; and photographs that appeared in the book.
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Biography written by Jessica Marati, '08.
Organization
Subject
- Aircraft carriers -- United States
- Airplanes, Military -- Japan -- Identification marks
- Damage control (warships) -- United States -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
- Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
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- University Archives
- Finding Aid Date
- 2004
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Collection is open for research use.
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Collection Inventory
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Series 1: Interviews, consists of materials Marsha Clark collected for Carrier Down. Materials include typed transcripts of tape-recorded interviews, newspaper clippings, and recollections written by individual men who served on the U.S.S. Princeton [C.V.L.-23] when it was bombed October 24, 1944. The amount of materials varies from folder to folder. Folders are arranged alphabetically by individual name.
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Series 2: Subject Files, is made up of research materials used in writing the book. The Action Reports #1 and #2 are photocopies of microfilmed Navy War Damage REports from the Office of naval Records and History [Ships' Histories Section, Navy Department] which have been declassified. Included with the War Damage Reports are photocopies of photographs, diagrams and dimensions of the U.S.S. Princeton [C.V.L.-23]. Miscellaneous U.S.S. Princeton Information consists of newspaper clippings, articles, and some correspondence. The Survivors File contains lists of survivors of the U.S.S. Princeton [C.V.L.-23] as well as lists of those wounded, dead, and missing in action. Descriptions of the participation of other ships is contained in the six ship file folders [folders 24-29]. Ships and Planes File consists of photocopies of articles describing various ships and planes in use by the Navy during World War II. The Japanese Information File contains information on various types of Japanese aircraft, strategic nameuvers, and other miscellaneous information. The Tiger Rags, a publication of the U.S.S. Princeton [C.V.L.-23] Association, dates from 1943 to 1989; only those that Clark used for the research are here. Additional copies of the Tiger Rag can be found in the Princeton University Subject Files–U.S.S. Princeton Collection.
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Series 3: Photographs consists of the photographs used in Carrier Down. Many of these are duplicates of photographs in the Princeton University Subject Files – U.S.S. Princeton Collection.
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