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USS Suwannee (CVE 27)

Escort carrier of the Sangamon class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassSangamon 
PennantCVE 27 
Built byFederal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down3 Jun, 1938 
Launched4 Mar, 1939 
Commissioned24 Sep, 1942 
End service28 Oct, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryLaid down as tanker Markay (hull 5) she was aquired by the US Navy on 26 June 1941 after having operated as tanker for the Keystone Tankship Corporation. She was commissioned as AO 27 on 9 July 1941. The ship was converted to an escort carrier at Newport News being commissioned on 24 September 1942. Bombed 25 and 26 October 1944 and damaged by an internal explosion on 24 May 1945. Decommissioned 28 October 1946. Stricken on 1 March 1959. Sold on 30 November 1959 and scrapped at Bilbao, Spain in June 1962. 

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