{"product_id":"uss-princeton-the-life-and-loss-of-sweet-p-9781472868589","title":"USS Princeton: The Life and Loss of Sweet P","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth history of the US Navy's light aircraft carrier the USS \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e and its operational exploits in the Pacific Theater of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new history of the life and loss of the USS \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of one of the new class of aircraft carrier that proved essential to the US Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War. Starting life as the light cruiser \u003ci\u003eTallahassee\u003c\/i\u003e before being converted to a light carrier as part of the plan to ramp up the strength of US naval air power, USS \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e (CVL-23) joined the Pacific fleet in August 1943 and was immediately put to work as the United States was assembling new ships and crews for the Central Pacific campaign where the ship played a key role in conducting multiple strikes against the Japanese bastion at Rabaul. \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e then joined Task Force 58, the Fast Carrier Task Force, and took part in the invasion of the Philippines, where the ship was lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid R. Leick uses first-hand accounts from archives such as the Naval History and Heritage Command to examine the campaigns, aircraft, tactics, command decisions, and life aboard ship during the American Pacific campaign against Japan from early 1943 until \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e's tragic demise in October 1944. The book focusses closely on the crew and airmen of the \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as describing in detail the toll that prolonged combat operations took on the frontline sailor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Osprey Publishing (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472868589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.02w x 1.00d","brand":"David R. Leick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44683447074997,"sku":"9781472868589","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2662ce12-633e-4ac3-84a8-fd33a1212d86.jpg?v=1727795912","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/uss-princeton-the-life-and-loss-of-sweet-p-9781472868589","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}