USS Princeton

Six United States Navy ships have borne the name Princeton, after the town of Princeton, New Jersey, site of an American victory in the Revolution.

• The first Princeton was a screw sloop commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy.

• The second Princeton was a transport and training ship commissioned in 1852.

• The third Princeton was a gunboat commissioned in 1898.

• The fourth Princeton (CVL-23) was a light aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943 and active in World War II until being sunk in the Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944.

• The fifth Princeton (CV-37) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in 1945, serving in the Korean War and Vietnam War.

• The sixth Princeton (CG-59) is a guided missile cruiser commissioned in 1989 and still on active service in 2003.