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Oystera6
Jan 20, 20237 min read
1/7/44: Arithmetic
7 JAN 44 Princeton's 20 knot journey southwest across the Pacific continued on January 7th, the monotony of the vast oceanscape broken...
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Oystera6
Jan 20, 20234 min read
1/6/44: Adverse Sea Conditions
6 JAN 44 4, 5 and 6 January would find Princeton “steaming singly as before en route Pearl Harbor” at roughly 20 knots on a base course...
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Oystera6
Jan 20, 20232 min read
1/3/44: Weigh anchor
3 JAN 44 “At 1000, pursuant to authority contained in BuPers and BuSandA* Joint Letter, File P13-8, of 18 June, 1943, a total of 67...
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Oystera6
Jan 20, 20233 min read
1/2/44: Sinclair Inlet
2 JAN 44 On 2 January 1944 Princeton remains at anchor in Sinclair Inlet while continuing to replenish her supplies of fuel and weapons....
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Oystera6
Jan 20, 20231 min read
1/1/44: Welcome Aboard
1 JAN 44 Ladies and Gents, Today I am starting a day-to-day reading of the 1944 War Diary of USS Princeton. I will send emails every now...
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