United States Navy aircraft carrier CVE-29 Santee

United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard Launched Commissioned Disabled and Why
Class: Sangamon Laid down: 1938/05/31
Shipyard: Sun Shipb. Pudget Sound Naval Shipyard
Launched: 1939/03/04 Commissioned: 1942/08/24 Decommissioned: 1959/12/05 Scrapped
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 17, 43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 22

 

United States Navy aircraft carrier CVE-29 Santee
From Till Operation Force Action
44/02/18 44/02/19     joinPac - Panama Canal
44/02/19 44/02/28     sail Panama > San Diego
44/02/28 44/03/02     San Diego - embark CVEG-26, 31 ferry planes, passengers
44/03/02 44/03/09     sail San Diego > P.H.
44/03/15 44/04/07 Desec1 51.15  
44/04/07 44/04/13     Esp. Santo
44/04/13       sail to Purvis Bay, Tulagi
44/04/2 44/05 Persec 78.1/CarDiv22 CVEG-26: VF-26,VT-26
44/05/12 44/06/01     Manus - chage CVEG-26 for MAG-21
44/06/24       Eniwetok
44/08/0 44/08/09   CarDiv22 Eniwetok: prepare for Stalemate II
44/08/04   Forage   bring MAG-21 from Esp. Santo to Guam
44/08/09 44/08/14     sail from Eniwetok to Manus
44/08/10 44/08/11     Eniwetok
44/09/15 44/10/01   77.1.1/CarDiv22 land Morotai - CVEG-26: VF-26,VT-26
44/10/10 44/10/27 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 CVEG-26: VF-26,VT-26
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 xLeyte
44/10/25   King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 xLeyte -disable(kami+I-56)
44/10/27 44/10/31     sail Leyte > Manus
44/10/31 44/11/09     Seeadler Harbor, Manus - temporary repairs
44/11/09 44/11/19     sail Manus > P.H.
44/11/19 44/11/29     P.H. - repairs
44/11/29 44/12/05     sail P.H. >Los Angeles Bay
44/12/05 45/01     MINY - repairs, overhaul
45/01/31 45/02/08     sail San Diego > P.H.
45/02/08 45/03/07     P.H.
45/03/07 45/03/19     sail P.H. > Ulithi - enroute search for B-24 with LtGen Harmon onboard
45/03/19 45/03/21     Ulithi
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1.3/CarDiv22 CVEG-24: VF-24, VT-24
45/05/28 45/06/16 Iceber 32.1.3/CarDiv22 CVEG-24: VF-24, VT-24
45/06/16 45/06/19     sail Okinawa > Leyte
45/06/19 45/07/01     San Pedro Bay, Leyte
45/07/05 45/07/15   32 W of Okinawa - cover minesweeping operations
45/07/07       damage(crash landing) - 12 planes demolished
45/07/15 45/07/19     sail Okinawa > Guam
45/07/19 45/08/05     Apra Harbor, Guam - flight deck repairs, upkeep
45/08/05 45/08/09     sail Guam > Saipan - training underway
45/08/09 45/08/13     Tanapag Harbor, Saipan
45/08/13 45/08/17     sail Saipan > Leyte
45/08/17 45/09     San Pedro Bay, Leyte

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex Esso Seakay, 43/07/15 > CVE-29, 59/03/01 str. Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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    Bibliography:

    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • http://www.acesofww2.com/
  • http://www.navsource.org/archives/
  • http://www.battle-fleet.com/
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

 

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