October 24, 1944 — the Battle of Leyte Gulf. A single 250-kilogram armor-piercing bomb, dropped by a Japanese dive bomber, struck the light carrier USS Princeton (CVL-23). Within seconds, her hangar deck was engulfed in flames. The fire quickly spread to the fuel lines and ammunition lockers, turning the proud ship into a floating inferno. For hours, her crew and nearby ships fought to save her — pouring water, foam, and courage into the heart of the blaze. But deep below, torpedoes and bombs wa
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14K views · 859 reactions | #OTD in 1944, the crew of USS Finback (SS-230) rescued a young lanky pilot who had bailed out of his flaming Grumman TBM Avenger after the plane was hit by flak while attacking Japanese installations. LTJG George H. W. Bush would go on to be the 41st president of the United States. | U.S. Naval Institute | Facebook
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Ghosts of the Battlefield on Instagram: "On this day in 1944, the light carrier USS Princeton met her end off the coast of Luzon during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Around 9:38 a.m., a single Japanese dive bomber broke through the clouds and dropped one bomb—just one—that tore through her flight deck and set off catastrophic fires among the fueled and armed aircraft below. For six long hours, crews from nearby ships like USS Birmingham and USS Irwin fought to save her. Then, at 3:24 p.m., a massive
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