
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
CVE-29 USS Santee
- Sangamon Class Escort Carrier (ex-Cimarron Class Fleet Oiler):
- Displacement: 11,400 tons
- Length: 553'
- Beam: 114'3"
- Draft: 32'
- Speed: 18 kts.
- Armament: 2 5"/38, 30 planes
- Complement: 1080
- Geared turbines engines, twin screws, 30,400 hp
- Maritime Commission T3-S2-A1 type
- Built at Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. and commissioned as AO-29 30 Oct 1940
- Converted to Escort Carrier CVE-29 iin 1942
- ex-SS Seakay
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March 12, 1999