USS Princeton
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Six United States Navy ships have borne the name Princeton, after the town of Princeton, New Jersey
, site of an American victory in the Revolutionary War.
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton is a community located in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It is best known as the location of Princeton University, which has been sited in the community since 1756...
, site of an American victory in the Revolutionary War.
- The first , a screw sloop, launched and commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy
- USS Princeton Disaster of 1844, a fatal gun explosion aboard the first USS Princeton
- The second , a transport and training ship, launched in 1851 and commissioned in 1852
- The third , a gunboat launched in 1897 and commissioned in 1898
- The fourth , a light aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943, sunk at Leyte Gulf in 1944.
- The fifth , an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1945, serving in the Korean War and Vietnam War, reclassified LPH-5 in 1959, decommissioned 1970
- The sixth , a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1989, currently in active service