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[Tokyo_Express_420]

The USN's Sangamon Class escort carriers was a series of four escort carriers which served during WW2. The class consisted of four vessels:

Sangamon     CVE-26
Suwannee     CVE-27
Chenango     CVE-28
Santee         CVE-29

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Characteristics
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Length
- Waterline 525ft/160m
- Overall 553ft/169m
- Flight Deck 502ft/153m

Beam
- Hull 75ft/23m
- Flight Deck 114ft/35m

Draft
- 32ft/9.8m

Speed
- 18kts/34kmh



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Recommendation for Creation

I believe that the existing Casablanca class escort carriers will provide an ideal base for creating the Sangamons

Here is a comparison to explain their similarities:


Sangamon Class


Casablanca Class

Casablanca                                                 Sangamon

Length oa - 156m                                        Length oa - 169m
Beam Hull - 19.86m                                     Beam Hull - 23m
Beam Flight Deck - 33m                               Beam Flight Deck - 35m
Draft - 6.32m                                              Draft - 9.8m

This makes the ships very similar indeed. The Sangamons can be stretched, widened and deepened from the Casablanca class ships.

Profile wise, the main differences are:

- The funnels which need grouping aft on the flight deck
- Additional AA guns forward on the bow
- Removal of the 5 inch gun aft, replacing it with two sponsons for AA guns
- Changes to gun galleries along the Hull
- Square openings in the Hull at the mid section 



I don't think too many changes are needed overall and I believe this conversion would be quite a simple job.

I really want to portray these ships as they play an important role in the Philippines Campaign.

These four ships formed the core of "Taffy 1", the southern escort carrier group in the campaign. These ships fought against the Japanese Fleet off Samar and suffered some of the earliest recorded Kamikaze attacks of the war on Oct 25th 1944.

I hope this was an insightful request and I hope somebody is up to the task, especially since we are approaching the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Thanks,

- Tokyo Express

[Peter Lynn]

If I may I would like to second that motion...