Sangamon-class escort carrier

	USS Santee (ACV-29) at anchor, 1942
Class overview
Name	Sangamon-class escort carrier
Builders	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company: Sangamon & Suwannee; Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.: Chenango & Santee;
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Bogue-class escort carrier
Succeeded by	Casablanca-class escort carrier
Built	1942
In commission	1942–1947
Completed	4
Retired	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	Escort carrier
Displacement	11,400 long tons (11,600 t) (standard load); 24,275 long tons (24,665 t) (full load);
Length	525 ft (160 m) wl; 553 ft (169 m) oa; 502 ft (153 m) fd;
Beam	75 ft (23 m); 114 ft (35 m) extreme width;
Draft	32 ft (9.8 m)
Installed power	13,500 shp (10,067 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Boilers (450 psi (3,100 kPa); 2 × Steam turbines; 2 × screws;
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	860-1080 officers and men
Armament	2 × Single 127 mm (5.0 in)/51 caliber guns; 4 × Twin 40 mm (1.57 in)/56 caliber Bofors 40 guns; 12 × Single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons; Additional 20 & 40 mm guns later added;
Aircraft carried	25-32 Grumman F4F Wildcat & Grumman TBF Avenger or Douglas SBD Dauntless
Aviation facilities	1 × Catapult (One additional catapult added later); 2 × Elevators;

The Sangamon class were a group of four escort aircraft carriers of the United States Navy that served during World War II.

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