USN · CVE
AfloatSangamon-class escort carrier, CVE-29, converted from an oiler. She served in the Atlantic, then at Leyte, where a kamikaze and a torpedo hit her on 25 October 1944 in Taffy 1, and at Okinawa.
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
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| Hull | CVE-29 |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, Pennsylvania (as the oiler Esso Seakay, later Santee AO-29); converted to a carrier in 1942 |
| Launched | 1939-03-04 |
| Commissioned | 1942-08-24 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived a suicide plane and a torpedo at Leyte and the war, with nine battle stars. Struck in 1959 and sold in December 1959. |
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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 Santee at anchor on 16 October 1942, when she was still classed ACV-29, before she went to the Pacific. Official U.S. Navy photograph NH 43508, from the collections of the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Santee (CVE-29) at anchor 1942.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Sample, William DodgeCommanding officer from 24 August 1942Relieved on 22 May 1943HFFick, Harold FosterCommanding officer from 22 May 1943Relieved on 11 July 1944
Blick, Robert Edwin Jr.Commanding officer from 11 July 1944Relieved on 27 January 1945JPPeterson, John ValdemarCommanding officer from 27 January 1945Relieved on 21 February 1946
McClure, Jesse SamuelCaptain from 21 February 1946Relieved on 21 October 1946Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · Taffy 1, south of Samar; struck by the first kamikaze of the war at about 0740 on 25 October 1944 and by a torpedo at 0756; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · direct support of the landings on 1 April 1945, then 42 dawns of patrol sectors in the East China Sea; not sunk
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