In October 1944, during the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines, U.S. aircraft carrier USS Princeton was damaged by a Japanese dive bomber. The light carrier USS Birmingham came alongside to assist in firefighting efforts and was itself damaged when one of the Princeton's bomb magazines exploded.
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