
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
CVE-27 USS Suwanee
- Sangamon Class Escort Carrier (ex-Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler):
- Displacement: 22,400 tons
- Length: 553'
- Beam: 114'3"
- Draft: 32'
- Speed: 18 knots
- Armament: 2 5"/38, 7x2 40mm, 2x4 40mm, 21 20mm; 30 planes (12 TBF, 18 F6F)
- Complement: 1080
- Geared turbines engines, twin screws, 30,400 hp
- Maritime Commission T3-S2-A1 type
- Built at Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., and commissioned as AO-33 16 July 1941
- Converted to Escort Carrier CVE-27 in 1942
- ex-SS Markay
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January 4, 2001