| Sangamon Class Escort Carrier | |||||
| Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Stricken |
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| 3 Jan 1938 | 13 Mar 1939 | 4 Nov 1939 | 23 Oct 1940 25 Aug 1942 |
25 Feb 1942 24 Oct 1945 |
1 Nov 1945 |
| Builder: Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. | |||||
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| The Ship |
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64k | As SS Esso Trenton. |
Gerhard Mueller-Debus | |
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22k | One of twelve National Defense Tankers ordered on 3 January 1938, SS Esso Trenton was built to a joint Navy-Maritime Commission design. She was acquired by the Navy in October 1940 and renamed Sangamon. As a fleet oiler (AO) she would be eventually armed with four 5"/38 guns in single mounts. |
Don Schroeder | |
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22k | USS Sangamon (ACV-26, later CVE-26), August 1942-October 1945. | Don Schroeder | |
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33k | USS Sangamon, September 1942, as converted. | USN | |
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56k | USS Sangamon underway, circa 1942, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | |
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46k | Fire crews at work after flaming deck crash; February 22, 1943. | Don Schroeder | |
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170k | Plane on fire after bad landing. | Brian Bartlett (caption by Don Schroeder) |
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393k | Forward plan view of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 5 Oct 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard from 5 Sep until 6 Oct 1943. US Navy photo # 6937-43. | Darryl Baker | |
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248k | Amidships plan view of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 5 Oct 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard from 5 Sep until 6 Oct 1943. US Navy photo # 6938-43. | Darryl Baker | |
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683k | Stern view of USS Sangamon (CVE-26) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 5 Oct 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard from 5 Sep until 6 Oct 1943. US Navy photo # 6940-43. | Darryl Baker | |
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40k | F6F handling crew trying to pull plane out of catwalk after crash landing; March 20, 1944. | Don Schroeder | |
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29k | Lt. Wilfred B. Tatro, USNR Commanding Officer of PT-489, being transferred from USS Raymond (DE-341) to Sangamon for medical treatment after being injured while rescuing a downed pilot from Jap held Wasile Bay, Halmahera Island, September 17, 1944. | Don Schroeder | |
| Kamikaze attack, Okinawa, May 4, 1945 |
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111k | Damage to the flight deck of Sangamon after a kamikaze attack, May 1945. | Joe Radigan | |
| The Crew |
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52k | Initiation ceremonies; April 3, 1944. | Don Schroeder | |
| Memorabilia |
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170k | A 20 x 20" bronze plaque is to be dedicated on May 4, 2008 (63rd anniversary of the kamikaze attack) in the Admiral Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas. |
Don Schroeder | |
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