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English: USS Birmingham (CL-62) comes alongside the burning USS Princeton (CVL-23) to assist with fire fighting, 24 October 1944.
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Photo # 80-G-281660-2   USS Birmingham comes alongside the burning USS Princeton
" — removed caption
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Source http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/wwii-pac/leyteglf/cvl23-l2.htm ( File)
Author Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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current 20:30, 27 August 2009 Thumbnail for version as of 20:30, 27 August 2009740 × 591 (121 KB)Common GoodLosslessly cropped caption bar
13:21, 2 May 2007 Thumbnail for version as of 13:21, 2 May 2007740 × 615 (128 KB)STB-1{{Information |Description= |Source=http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g280000/g281660.jpg |Date= |Author= }} == Licensing == {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} Category:USS Princeton (CVL-23)

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