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Ship-USS Sangamon (CVE-26)

The US Navy Escort Carrier Sangamon (ACV-26, later CVE-26) as converted, in September 1942. Originally Esso Trenton , a the T3 tanker oiler , built by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, it was operated by Standard Oil of New Jersey on runs from gulf coast ports to the east coast. After entering service in the early part of the war in the Navy as a tanker, Sangamon was converted into an aircraft carrier.After conversion Sangamon was at the Allied invasion of French North Africa in 1943 before moving to the war in the Pacific. On 4 May 1945, a kamikaze broke through the interceptor screen, ran into clouds to avoid anti-aircraft fire, then came out and, with increased speed, headed for Sangamon. At 19:33, the kamikaze dropped his bomb and crashed into the center of the flight deck.[2] The bomb and parts of the plane penetrated the deck and exploded below. Initial damage was extensive, fires broke out on the flight deck, the hangar deck, and in the fuel deck, communications from the bridge were lo

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