The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy

United States Navy

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  lost at the battle of Leyte Gulf

Battle of Leyte Gulf

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 in 1944.
The ship was laid down as the Tallahassee (CL-61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey

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, 2 June 1941. She was reclassified as the Independence-class light carrier CVL-23 on 16 February 1942, renamed Princeton 31 March 1942, launched 18 October 1942, sponsored by Margaret Dodds (wife of Princeton University

Princeton University

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 president Harold Dodds), and commissioned at Philadelphia 25 February 1943, Capt.