USS Santee (CVE-29)
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USS Santee, was a US Navy escort carrier of World War II. Originally built as Seakay, one of twelve tankers built by a joint Navy-Maritime Commission design. This design was later duplicated and desig
USS Santee, mid-October 1942, painted in Camouflage Measure 17
SBD bombers on Santee during convoy duty in the Atlantic
An FM-2 Wildcat flying over Santee in October 1944
Cimarron-class oiler (1939)
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The Cimarron-class oilers were an underway replenishment class of oil tankers which were first built in 1939 as "National Defense Tankers," United States Maritime Commission Type T3-S2-A1, designed "t
USS Santee (CVE-29)
…Commission design. This design was later duplicated and designated a T3-S2-A1 oiler. She was acquired by the Navy in 1940, and renamed Santee (AO-29), a Cimarron-class fleet oiler. In 1942, she was converted to a Sangamon-class escort carrier. Originally classified as an "Aircraft Escort Vessel", AVG-29, on 9 January…
USS Mississinewa