
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
CVE-26 USS Sangamon
- Sangamon Class Escort Carrier (ex-Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler):
- Displacement: 22,400 tons
- Length: 553'
- Beam: 114'3"
- Draft: 32'
- Speed: 18 knots
- Armament 2x1 5"/38, 7x2 40mm, 2x4 40mm, 21 20mm, 30 planes (12 TBF, 18 F6F)
- Complement: 1,080
- Geared turbines engines, twin screws, 30,400 hp
- Maritime Commission T3-S2-A1 type
- Built at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. and commissioned as AO-28 23 Oct 1940
- Converted to Escort Carrier CVE-26 in 1942
- ex-SS Esso Trenton
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Last updated:
January 7, 2002