Carrier Down

The USS Princeton was the pride of the U.S. Navy carrier fleet in World War II. In five major campaigns in the Pacific, the Princeton had established an impressive war record. Then, on October 24, 1944, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, disaster struck. During a Japanese aerial attack, one bomb ripped through the Princeton's flight deck and detonated. A chain reaction of explosions rocked the ship and ripped off her stern. This is the incredible story of the heroic efforts to try and save the doomed ship as told by the men who lived through a nightmare that was one of the greatest disasters in U.S. Navy history.Bradsaw, Thomas is the author of 'Carrier Down ', published 0009 under ISBN 9780743493420 and ISBN 0743493427.