file created: 12/07/02 01:04:52 , last update: 01/12/01
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CVE-27 Suwannee
United States Navy escort carrier
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sangamon 1938/06/03
Kearny Bethlehem 		1939/03/04 1942/09/24 1959
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 14, 44: Ms 21, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/12/05 43/01   32 sail Norfolk > Noumea   70 
42/12/12       joinPac - Panama Canal   70  66 
43/01/04       New Caledonia   66 
43/01/23 43/02   18.2 xRennel   70 
43/01/30 43/01/30   16 xRennel - temporary attached from TF 18   70 
43/02/04 43/02/13   18     66 
43/02/14 43/02/19     Efate   81 
43/02/25 45/11/08   CarDiv22     70 
43/03/10 43/03/15     Efate   81 
43/03/30 43/04/07     Efate   88 
43/04/14 43/05/21     Efate   88 
43/04/22 43/08     Havannah Harbor, Esp. Santo   70 
43/05/28 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/07/18 43/07/19   CarDiv22/DF Efate   88 
43/08       sail from Havannah Harbor, Esp. Santo to USA   70 
43/08/06 43/08/22     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/22 43/08/26     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/26 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10       San Diego   66 
43/11 43/12/14 Galvan 53.6.1/CarDiv22 CVEG-60: VF-60,VC-60   70 
43/11/05       Esp. Santo   66 
43/12/21 44/01/03?     San Diego   66 
44/01/03? 44/01/10?     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
44/01/10? 44/01/22     P.H.   66 
44/01/22 44/02/02 Flint 53.6/CarDiv22 CVEG-60: VF-60,VC-60   66 
44/01/26     53.6/CarDiv22 damaged (collision with Sangamon) en route to Marshalls   85 
44/02/17 44/02/22 Catch CarDiv22    
44/02/24 44/03/02     sail Kwajalein > P.H.   66 
44/03/02 44/03/16?     P.H.   66 
44/03/15? 44/04/07 Desec1 50.15     70 
44/04 44/05/05 Persec 78.1/CarDiv22 CVEG-60: VF-60, VT-60   70 
44/04/04 44/04/14     Tulagi   66 
44/05/05       Manus   66 
44/05/1? 44/06/12     ferry missions betw. Esp. Santo, Tulagi, Kwajalein   66 
44/06/12 44/08/04 Forage 53.7/CarDiv22 CVEG-60: VF-60,VT-60   66  70 
44/06/19 44/09 Forage 53.7/CarDiv22 sinking I-184 SE of Guam (13-01' N,149-53' E)   70 
44/08 44/08/09   CarDiv22 Eniwetok: prepare for Stalemate II   70 
44/08/04 44/08/09   CarDiv22 sail Marianas > Eniwetok   66 
44/08/09 44/08/14   CarDiv22 sail from Eniwetok to Manus   81 
44/08/13 44/09/15     Manus   66 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Trade 77.1.1/CarDiv22 land Morotai - CVEG-60: VF-60,VT-60   70 
44/10/10 44/10/26 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 CVEG-60: VF-60,VT-60  
44/10/25   King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 xLeyte -damage(kami - A6M-5b)  
44/10/25 44/10/26 King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 xLeyte  
44/10/26   King2 77.4.1/CarDiv22 xLeyte -disable(kami - A6M-5b)  
44/10/26 44/10/28     sail Leyte > Palau   70  66 
44/10/28 44/11/01     Kossol Roads, Palau   66 
44/11/01 44/11/19     sail Kossol Roads, Palau > Manus (5 day stop) > P.H.   66 
44/11/20 44/11/26     sail P.H. > Puget Sound   66 
44/11/26 45/01/31     Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - repairs   70  66 
45/02/16 45/02/23     P.H.   66 
45/03/21 45/03/27     Ulithi   66 
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1.3/UF CVEG-40: VF-40, VT-40   70 
45/04/11   Iceber 52.1.3/UF Kerama Retto - refuel, rearm   127 
45/04/29 45/05/01 Iceber 52.1.3/UF Kerama Retto   127 
45/05/24   Iceber   damaged by crash landing 25 nm S of Ishigakijima, Sakishima Gunto (24-00N, 124-00E)   85 
45/05/28 45/06/16 Iceber 32     66 
45/06/20?       San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/06/30 45/07/06 Oboe6 78.4.1 land Balikpapan   70 
45/07/06 45/08/03     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/08/03 45/08/06     sail Leyte > Okinawa   66 
45/08/06 45/09/02     Buckner Bay, Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ACV-27, 43/07/15 > CVE-27
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 13 Battle Stars I-184
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