WWII - 1944, Task Force No. 38.3 Attacked; USS Princeton Burning, 24Oct44

WWII - 1944, Task Force No. 38.3 Attacked; USS Princeton Burning, 24Oct44 LS of aircraft carriers, CVLs & CVs, underway w/other fleet ships. USS PRINCETON underway burning slightly. 18:40:37 LS-MS Japanese plane passes thru flak. 18:40:51 PRINCETON burning fiercely. CV deck & F6F FG. 18:41:31 LS Explosion in after hangar deck of PRINCETON; PRINCETON explodes. Fire seen from anti-aircraft gun pit. 18:42:07 LS Burning Japanese Zeke dives on USS LANGLEY, bursts in flames, crashes; bomb explodes off stern of LANGLEY. MS of Zeke burning on water. 18:42:46 Slate: Camera R.B. Montague 24Oct aboard USS Essex. 18:42:48 Japanese plane passes midst flak & tracer fire. GOOD. 18:43:05 MS-LS DD, BB & CL fire anti-aircraft / AA guns. 18:43:29 MS Japanese plane overhead; makes low torpedo run. GOOD 18:43:54 MS pilot & crew on rubber raft, CV BG. 18:44:17 MS F6F, smoking badly, approaches. MS CV underway, many planes pass overhead. 18:44:49 MS & CU Capt. Weiber talks to pilot. 18:45:21 MS F6F crash lands on deck. Pilot talking w/ Weiber. 18:45:54 MS F6F approaches, lands, barrier FG. Other land; some waved off. 18:47:01 MS Pilot talks to his gunner after strike. MS Plane taxis with large hole in wing. Another plane lands. 18:47:51 MCU Men wheel 2,000 lb. bomb on dolly. WW2; Navy Fighting; Kamikaze Attack; Leyte Gulf Battle;