USN · CVE
AfloatSangamon-class escort carrier, CVE-28, converted from an oiler. She supported the Gilberts, Marshalls and Okinawa, and after the surrender evacuated some 1,900 Allied prisoners of war and 1,500 civilians.
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
|---|---|
| Hull | CVE-28 |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania (as the oiler Esso New Orleans, later Chenango AO-31); converted to a carrier in 1942 |
| Launched | 1939-04-01 |
| Commissioned | 1942-09-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with 11 battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation. Struck from the Navy List in 1959 and sold in 1960. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
USS Chenango (CVE-28) operating in the Pacific, about 1944. Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 95703, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Chenango (CVE-28) underway 1944.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Day, DeVere LesterCaptain from 13 January 1946Relieved on 16 March 1946
Ruehlow, Stanley ErdmanCommander in command from 16 March 1946Relieved on 14 August 1946Battle of Rennell Island
1943-01-29 · escort carrier with Commodore Ben Wyatt; left behind on the 29th; flew air cover on the 30th. Not sunk
Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · her planes covered the advance on Tarawa from 20 November to 8 December 1943; not sunk
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · supported the landings on Roi, Kwajalein and Eniwetok in January and February 1944; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · sortied from Ulithi on 27 March 1945; on 9 April a crash-landing fighter started a fire among the strike-loaded aircraft on her deck, which her crew brought under control; she stayed in action off Okinawa until 11 June; not sunk
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