Birmingham Crippled When Carrier Explodes
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Birmingham Crippled When Carrier Explodes
October 24, 1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 21.1 x 16.5 cm (8 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Paper: 23 x 18.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0358.0002
Inscriptions verso (stamped): NOTICE [underlined] / This picture is the property of The Associated / Press and may be used only for the purpose of / reproduction when authorized by the owner. It may / not be syndicated, rented, or loaned, or used for / advertising purpose or for the purpose of trade. / The following credit must be printed under / each reproduction of this picture: / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
(typed on attached sheet): CAUTION! [underlined] / WATCH RELEASE DATE! [underlined] / 2671 C / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM U.S. NAVY / FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / WATCH RELEASE: FOR RELEASE AT 6PM, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1945. SEE ALSO PHOTO 26700 / BIRMINGHAM CRIPPLED WHEN CARRIER EXPLODES / SMOKE, FLAME AND DEBRIS [illeg.] INTO THE SKY / AS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS PRINCETON EXPLODES / IN A BLAST THAT CRIPPLED THE CRUISER USS / BIRMINGHAM ALONGSIDE FIGHTING THE FIRE / RESULTING FROM A DIRECT JAP BOMB HIT ON / THE CARRIER DURING THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE, / OCTOBER 24, 1944. THE BIRMINGHAM SUFFERED / 649 CASUALTIES AND WAS RIPPED BY THE TONS OF / STEEL FROM THE CARRIER'S MAGAZINES, ONLY / 50 FEET AWAY. /WATCH RELEASE: FOR RELEASE AT 6PM, SUNDAY, / APRIL 8, 1945, SEE ALSO PHOTO 26700 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / HVL 4-6-45 1136A USN-WX / AB[illeg.]ST GD NYW'S 12, MON, TOR, TMC, PA 64
(typed on attached sheet): CAUTION! [underlined] / WATCH RELEASE DATE! [underlined] / 2671 C / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM U.S. NAVY / FROM NEW YORK / CAUTION: USE CREDIT / WATCH RELEASE: FOR RELEASE AT 6PM, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1945. SEE ALSO PHOTO 26700 / BIRMINGHAM CRIPPLED WHEN CARRIER EXPLODES / SMOKE, FLAME AND DEBRIS [illeg.] INTO THE SKY / AS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS PRINCETON EXPLODES / IN A BLAST THAT CRIPPLED THE CRUISER USS / BIRMINGHAM ALONGSIDE FIGHTING THE FIRE / RESULTING FROM A DIRECT JAP BOMB HIT ON / THE CARRIER DURING THE BATTLE FOR LEYTE, / OCTOBER 24, 1944. THE BIRMINGHAM SUFFERED / 649 CASUALTIES AND WAS RIPPED BY THE TONS OF / STEEL FROM THE CARRIER'S MAGAZINES, ONLY / 50 FEET AWAY. /WATCH RELEASE: FOR RELEASE AT 6PM, SUNDAY, / APRIL 8, 1945, SEE ALSO PHOTO 26700 / ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / HVL 4-6-45 1136A USN-WX / AB[illeg.]ST GD NYW'S 12, MON, TOR, TMC, PA 64
