28 MAR 44 As I read the entry for March 28th I could not help but be in awe after reading what at first blush appears to be this rather...

26 MAR 44 Task Group 36.2 continued steaming West-Northwest at 18 knots through the night of March 26th. Familiar destroyer escorts...

25 MAR 44 Through the wee hours Princeton and Task Group 36.2 churned northwesterly at 21 knots, 200 nautical miles north of and...

23 MAR 44 Ten days after arriving at Espiritu Santo, it was time for Princeton and Task Group 36.2 to get back to the war. The military...

At 0440, commonly referred to as "the butt crack of dawn," Princeton's crew was busy preparing to get underway for the day's activities....

Princeton would remain "moored as before" from the 14th to the 20th of March, Ship's Company and Air Group personnel undergoing the...

10-13 MAR 44 I started reading the War Diary for March 10th and 11th and within seconds my brain became flea-sized. What say you?: People...

On February 25th, The War Diary noted the 1 year anniversary of Princeton's commissioning with a list of statistics and accomplishments,...

8 MAR 44 0530 found the men of Princeton making preparations to get underway, with an interruption at 0638 to deal with an electrical...

7 MAR 44 "Anchored as before." The first three words of March 7th's brief War Diary entry set the tone for another day of maintenance,...

5 MAR 44 As proof that the administrative Navy was never very far away, on the morning of February 5th "The Commanding Officer held...

3 & 4 MAR 44 March 3rd and 4th "continued ship's maintenance and repairs" as well as unloading of ordnance to replace that expended on...

The first week of March, 1944 would find Princeton anchored in Majuro Atoll undergoing maintenance and resupply. I think I will try and...

29 FEB 44 When Princeton crossed the International Date Line and "lost" a calendar day during her western voyage across the Pacific, a...

Admin Note: I have been remiss recently and have failed to welcome aboard a few folks who have joined our 1944 war cruise. First is Dad's...

27 FEB 44 February 27th was almost a day of rest for the men of The Peerless P, which seems fitting since it was a Sunday. Only three...

26 FEB 44 I have mentioned previously that the War Diary is replete with administrative minutiae. The log notes every ship and every...

At 1951 on the 22nd, Princeton had secured from flight quarters and was steaming on course 090˚, the sun and ENIWETOK vanishing behind...

22 FEB 44 The first launch of the day in support of the Marines landing on PARRY left Princeton’s deck at 0719. Eight Avengers, each...

21 FEB 44 ENGEBI Island, at the north end of the atoll, had been secured. On the southernmost island of ENIWETOK, infantry of the Army's...