Tha
aircraft carrier, "Princeton"fighting for life ,hits back with all her
guns as jap bombers attack in de pacific.
The
aircraft carrier burns: a light cruiser brings hoses to bear on her as fire spreads
to the magazine. As the flames spread, the crew tries to fight the fire. But the
magazine is in danger ,and a light cruiser dashes up to take off the ship's complement.
While her hoses damp down the fires,the crew take tho the boats. Soon ,the first
explosions take place in the powder room.
On
october 24, a wounded U.S. aircraft carrier committed hara-kiri in the Pacific.
After an honourable and successful fight against the Japs in the Second Battle
of the Phillipines. The U.S.S. "Princeton"was set on fire, at the
moment when her planes were about to make their second sortie of the day. Casualties
were light; the crew was taken off. Hut the fires c ould not be controlled and
when the magazines exploded , the Admiral ordered the blind, paralysed, drifting,
but still proud, Princeton to be destroyed by gunfire.
