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USS CHENANGO   (ACV-28)

(formerly AO-31 and AVG-28; later CVE-28 and CVHE-28)



Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Sierra - Delta

Unit Awards, Campaign and Service Medals and Ribbons




Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Navy Unit Commendation / American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp) [AO] / American Campaign Medal
2nd Row: European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1 star) / Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (10 stars) / World War II Victory Medal
3rd Row: Navy Occupation Service Medal ("Asia" clasp) / Philippine Presidential Unit Citation / Philippine Liberation Medal

Sangamon Class Escort Carrier
Ordered Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned Stricken
3 Jan 1938 10 Jul 1938 1 Apr 1939 20 Jun 1941
19 Sep 1942
16 Mar 1942
14 Aug 1946

1 Mar 1959
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Chester, Pa.

Specifications
(1942, as Converted)
Displacement (design): 11,400 tons standard; 24,275 tons full load
Dimensions (wl): 525' x 75' x 30' 7.5" (full load)  /  160 x 22.9 x 9.3 meters
Dimensions (max.): 553' x 114' 3"  /  168.6 x 34.8 meters
Armor: None
Power plant: 4 boilers (450 psi); 2 steam turbines; 2 shafts; 13,500 shp (design)
Speed: 18+ knots
Endurance: 23,920 nm @ 15 knots (with 4,780 tons of oil fuel)
Armament: 2 single 5"/51 gun mounts; 4 twin 40-mm/56-cal gun mounts; 12 single 20-mm/70-cal gun mounts
Aircraft: 25
Aviation facilities: 2 elevators; 1 hydraulic catapult
Crew: 830 (ship's company + air wing)

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SS Esso New Orleans
SS Esso New Orleans
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51k SS Esso New Orleans. Haze Gray & Underway
USS Chenango — World War II
CVE-28 Chenango
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47k

USS Chenango (ACV-28) at anchor in early 1943, shortly after being deployed to the Pacific for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands. Note the pair of twin 40-mm tub-mounted guns right at the stern and, further forward and below the overhanging flight deck, one of the two 5"/51s (USN photo.)

Robert Hurst
CVE-28 Chenango
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468k Aft plan view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 Sep 1943. US Navy photo # 6654-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-28 Chenango
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468k Forward plan view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) at Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 Sep 1943. US Navy photo # 6658-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-28 Chenango
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579k Stern view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 Sep 1943. US Navy photo # 6704-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-28 Chenango
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609k Broadside view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 Sep 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard from 21 Aug until 25 Sep 1943. US Navy photo # 6706-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-28 Chenango
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520k Bow on view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 Sep 1943. US Navy photo # 6708-43. Darryl Baker
CVE-28 Chenango
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35k USS Chenango (CVE-28) after a September 1943 Mare Island refit. Haze Gray & Underway
Ex-USS Chenango
CVE-28 Chenango
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41k In reserve, "Mothballs" at South Boston Naval Annex, 1959. © Richard Leonhardt
CVE-28 Chenango
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91k Todd Shipyard, New Jersey, September 1961. Just prior to being scrapped. © Richard Leonhardt

View the USS Chenango (ACV-28 / CVE-28 / CVHE-28)
DANFS History entry located on the Hazegray & Underway Web Site.

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