{"product_id":"uss-princeton-the-life-and-loss-of-sweet-p-9781472868589","title":"USS Princeton: The Life and Loss of Sweet P","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth history of the US Navy's light aircraft carrier the USS \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e and its operational exploits in the Pacific Theater of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new history of the life and loss of USS \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the new class of aircraft carrier that proved essential to the US Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUSS \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e (CVL-23) started life as the light cruiser \u003ci\u003eTallahassee\u003c\/i\u003e before being converted while still under construction into a light carrier as part of the plan to ramp up the strength of US naval air power. The vessel joined the Pacific Fleet in August 1943 and was immediately put to work as the United States was assembling new ships and crews for the bitter struggle to come. \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e played a key role in conducting multiple strikes against the Japanese bastion at Rabaul, and then joined Task Force 58\/38 - the Fast Carrier Task Force - for the Central Pacific campaign, culminating in the invasion of the Philippines, where the ship was lost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid R. Leick skillfully uses first-hand accounts to examine the engagements, aircraft, tactics, command decisions and life on board during the Pacific campaign against Japan from early 1943 until \u003ci\u003ePrinceton\u003c\/i\u003e's tragic demise in October 1944. He focuses closely on the ship's crew and embarked Naval Aviators, describing in detail the toll that prolonged combat operations took on the frontline sailor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid R. Leick\u003c\/b\u003e served in the US Marine Corps before attending California State University, Chico, where he earned a master's degree and subsequently went into teaching. In 2005, he stepped away from the classroom to work as a security contractor in Afghanistan on the Ambassador's Protective Detail before working more generally for the Worldwide Protective Service as a training manager. David now writes full time and lives in Lincoln, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Osprey Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900841857298,"sku":"9781472868589","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af00a62d-d8c8-49e9-87a5-7de836d0c78c.jpg?v=1738399576","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/uss-princeton-the-life-and-loss-of-sweet-p-9781472868589","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}