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• The first Princeton was a screw sloop commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy. One of this ship's very heavy shell guns exploded on February 28, 1844 on the Potomac River, with many federal dignitaries aboard. The United States Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur and the United States Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Gilmer were among those killed.
• 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)The USS Princeton off the coast of Seattle, WA Career Laid down: 2 June 1941 Launched: 18 October 1942 Commissioned: 25 February 1943 Fate:sunk 24 October 1944 General Characteristics Displacement:13,000 tons Length:622. 5 ft Beam:71. 5 ft Extreme Width:1 was a light aircraft carrierUSS John C. Stennis (left), and HMS Illustrious (right), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier and a typical aircraft carrier. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. Aircraft carriers thus allow, commissioned in 19431943 is the common year starting on Friday. Events January January 4 End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Earl Warren. January 11 The United States and United Kingdom give up territorial rights in China. January 1 and active in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough until being sunk in the Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin;.
• The fifth Princeton (CV-37)The USS Princeton underway Career Laid down: 14 September 1943 Launched: 8 July 1945 Commissioned: 18 November 1945 Fate:sold for scrap Decommissioned: 30 January 1970 General Characteristics Displacement:33,000 tons Length:888 ft Beam:93 ft Extreme Width was an aircraft carrierUSS John C. Stennis (left), and HMS Illustrious (right), showing the difference in size between a supercarrier and a typical aircraft carrier. An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. Aircraft carriers thus allow commissioned in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II:, 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.