Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - Whiskey - Sierra - Delta
| Sangamon Class Escort Carrier | |||||
| Ordered | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Stricken |
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| 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. | |||||
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| SS Esso New Orleans |
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 NS0302803 |
51k | SS Esso New Orleans. | Haze Gray & Underway | |
| USS Chenango — World War II |
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| Operation Torch, November 1942 |
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 NS0302814 |
223k | "Carrying Army aircraft [Fighter Group 33 P-40F Warhawks], Chenango [departed Norfolk] 23 October [1942] with the assault force bound for North Africa and on 10 November, flew off her aircraft to newly won Port Lyautey, French Morocco." (Quoted from DANFS.) NS0302814d: Plane numbered "90" on the lower cowling and named Janie was piloted by Lt. Robert J. Palenscar, Service # O-660187, 60th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter Group. Just beyond it is 41-14365, Curtiss P-40F-5-CU Warhawk. (Source: Shark Squadron.) |
Ben Katz | |
 NS0302814a |
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 NS0302814b |
95k | |||
 NS0302814c |
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 NS0302814d |
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 NS0302814e |
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 NS0302810 |
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 | |
 NS0302812 |
188k | USS Chenango (CVE-28) crossed the Equator at 0800, 7 August 1943. |
Brian Bartlett | |
 NS0302805 |
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 | |
 NS0302806 |
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 | |
 NS0302807 |
579k | Stern view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) off Mare Island Navy Yard on 22 Sep 1943. US Navy photo # 6704-43. | Darryl Baker | |
 NS0302808 |
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 | |
 NS0302809 |
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 | |
 NS0302804 |
35k | USS Chenango (CVE-28) after a September 1943 Mare Island refit. | Haze Gray & Underway | |
 NS0302811 |
222k | USS Chenango (CVE-28) operating in the Pacific, circa 1944. She is painted in what may be Camouflage Measure 33, Design 10A. Collection of Vice Admiral Dixwell Ketcham, USN (Retired). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph (# NH 95703). |
Robert Hurst | |
 NS0302813 |
64k | CDR Frank Malinasky was the Landing Signal Officer (LSO) aboard USS Chenango (CVE-28) from shortly after her commissioning until May 1944. |
Bill Gonyo | |
| Ex-USS Chenango |
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 NS0302801 |
41k | In reserve, "Mothballs" at South Boston Naval Annex, 1959. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
 NS0302802 |
91k | Todd Shipyard, New Jersey, September 1961. Just prior to being scrapped. | © Richard Leonhardt | |
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