USN · CVE
AfloatSangamon-class escort carrier, CVE-27, converted from an oiler. She covered the Casablanca landings in November 1942, supported the Gilberts and Marshalls, and was hit by a kamikaze on 25 October 1944 as a ship of Taffy 1.
| Type | Escort carrier (CVE) |
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| Hull | CVE-27 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny, New Jersey (as the oiler Markay, later Suwannee AO-33); converted to a carrier in 1942 |
| Launched | 1939-03-04 |
| Commissioned | 1942-09-24 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived two kamikaze hits at Leyte and the war, with 13 battle stars. Her hulk was sold in 1961 and scrapped in Spain in 1962. |
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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 Suwannee (CVE-27) at anchor in Kwajalein harbour, Marshall Islands, on 7 February 1944. U.S. Navy photo NH 106578. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Suwannee (CVE-27) at anchor at Kwajalein atoll on 7 February 1944 (NH 106578).jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Lannom, Joseph RobertCommander in command from 16 July 1941Relieved on 21 February 1942JCClark, Joseph JamesCommanding officer from 24 September 1942Relieved on 21 January 1943FMMcMahon, Frederick WilliamCommanding officer from 21 January 1943Relieved on 30 December 1943WJJohnson, William David Jr.Commanding officer from 30 December 1943Relieved on 8 December 1944DCCornwell, Delbert StrotherCommanding officer from 8 December 1944Relieved on 2 September 1945CMMcDonald, Charles ClarkeCommanding officer from 2 September 1945Relieved on 2 October 1945
Van Mater, SchermerhornCommander in command from 2 October 1945Relieved on 16 November 1945
Parker, Elton CouncilCaptain from 16 November 1945Relieved on 29 March 1946
De Vane, John Murphy Jr.Commander in command from 29 March 1946Relieved on 1 September 1946
Ruehlow, Stanley ErdmanCommander in command from 1 September 1946Relieved on 8 January 1947Battle 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 · air support for the Southern Attack Force from 19 to 23 November 1943; her planes bombed Tarawa; not sunk
Marshall Islands
1944-01-31 · her planes bombed and strafed Roi and Namur in January and February 1944; not sunk
Battle off Samar
1944-10-25 · Taffy 1, south of Samar; hit by a kamikaze on 25 October 1944 that opened a 10-foot hole in her flight deck forward of the after elevator; she did not fight in the surface action itself; not sunk
Okinawa
1945-04-01 · arrived off Okinawa on 1 April 1945 with the escort carriers; not sunk
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