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It's got out here with another episode of the History on Plug podcast.

It's December 8, 1941.

You're the United States, and you have to figure out what to do after Pearl Harbor.

Japan isn't stopping at Hawaii, but conquering much of the Pacific, and by 1942, setting up

a defensive perimeter that stretches from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska

down to the Solomon Islands. You're fighting a new form of warfare that depends on aircraft carriers

and not battleships, but there's only four total in the U.S. Navy. What do you do? Easy. You convert

a light cruiser to an aircraft carrier. Now, obviously it wasn't easy, but the U.S. Navy

thought that was the best

possible option at a time when options were limited. It became apparent that more resources

and ships would be needed if there's any hope to defend against and defeat these forces.

That's why a Cleveland-class light cruiser was turned into an aircraft carrier, becoming the USS

Princeton, they're named the Sweet P. In this episode, we're going to explore what life was like aboard this vessel

from the people who are there, looking at how the ship was converted into an aircraft carrier,

the many battles that the Princeton encountered, its involvement in the largest carrier clash

in history up the coast of the Marianas, and the Princeton's eventual sinking at the

Battle of Laita Gulf, the largest naval

battle in history.

We're joined by David Lik, author of USS Princeton, The Life and Loss of Sweet Pete.

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