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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<ol>Cleveland Class Light Cruiser <br/>
Ordered July 1 1940<br/>
Keel Laid June 2 1941 as Light Cruiser TALLAHASSEE CL-61<br/>
Reclassified February 16 1942 as Independence Class Light Aircraft Carrier (CV)<br/>
Reordered March 18 1942<br/>
Renamed March 31 1942<br/>
Launched October 18 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PRINCETON CV-23'''<br/>
Commissioned February 25 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PRINCETON CVL-23'''<br/>
Redesignated Small Aircraft Carrier (CVL) July 15 1943<br/>
LOST (Scuttled) October 24 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register November 13 1944
</ol>
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li> Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO Duplex<br/><br/>"Navy Yard Station"<br/><br/>Philadelphia PA
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1941-06-02
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Tallahassee_CL61_19410602_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
TALLAHASSEE CL-61<br/>Keel Laid, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Dr_S_E_Hutnick_ | Dr. S. E. Hutnick]]




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
USPO Machine<br/><br/>Camden, N.J.
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1942-10-18
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett princeton cv23 19421018.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett princeton cv23 19421018 cach.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
PRINCETON CV-23 Launching

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<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-05-16
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CV23_19430516_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CV23_19430516_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CV-23<br/>Official Business




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1943-08-25
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_19430825_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_19430825_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CVL-23<br/>Censored Sailor's Mail




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-01-25
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_19440125_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_19440125_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CVL-23<br/>Censored Sailor's Mail




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944-09-26
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_19440926_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_19440926_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
As CVL-23<br/>Censored Sailor's Mail




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2z*
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1944
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:GregCiesielski_Princeton_CVL23_1944_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
No Image
</td></tr></table>
As CVL-23<br/>Censored Sailor's Mail. Day and Month unreadable.


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
PRINCETON earned nine battle stars for her World War II service<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A borough in west central New Jersey, scene of a famous Revolutionary War battle January 2–3 1777 and birthplace of [[STOCKTON DD 73|Capt. Robert F. Stockton]]



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<p> </p>
If you have images or information to add to this page, then either
[[Contact_Us | contact the Curator]] or edit this page yourself and add it.
See [[Editing_Ship_Pages | Editing Ship Pages]] for detailed information on
editing this page.
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PRINCETON CVL 23 - Revision history

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