USS Chenango (CVE-28)
USS Chenango | |
| History | |
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| Name | SS Esso New Orleans |
| Owner | Standard Oil Company |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Laid down | 10 July 1938 |
| Launched | 1 April 1939 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Rathbone |
| Fate | Purchased by the US Navy |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Chenango |
| Namesake | |
| Acquired | 31 May 1941 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 1941, as AO-31 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 1942 |
| Recommissioned | 19 September 1942, as ACV-28 |
| Decommissioned | 14 August 1946 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 1 March 1959 |
| Fate | Sold, 12 February 1960 |
| General characteristics as escort carrier | |
| Class & type | Sangamon-class escort carrier |
| Displacement | 11,400 long tons (11,583 t) |
| Length | 553 ft (169 m) |
| Beam |
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| Draft | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement | 1,080 officers and men |
| Armament | 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 cal guns |
| Aircraft carried | 31 |
| Aviation facilities | 2 × elevators |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II |
| Awards: | |
The second USS Chenango (CVE-28) (originally designated as T3 Tanker oiler AO-31, after re-designation as an escort carrier, was first ACV-28) was launched on 1 April 1939 as Esso New Orleans by the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, in Chester, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Mrs. Rathbone; acquired by the United States Navy on 31 May 1941; and commissioned on 20 June 1941 as AO-31.