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USS Sangamon (ACV-26), ex. Esso Trenton (1) - Part 1
"USS Sangamon (ACV-26)" ex. "Esso Trenton (1)", as below, slightly different image.
( U.S. Navy Photo )
"USS Sangamon (ACV-26)" ex. "Esso Trenton (1)", September 1942, as converted.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )
"USS Sangamon (ACV-26)" ex. "Esso Trenton (1)", underway circa late 1942 or early 1943.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )
"USS Sangamon (ACV-26)" ex. "Esso Trenton (1)", 135° off centerline view, 6 October 1943.
( Photo, Mare Island Navy Yard # 6941-43, now in the Mare Island Naval Shipyard Ship Files, San Francisco National Archives )
"USS Sangamon (ACV-26)" ex. "Esso Trenton (1)", steams with her escort, USS Hambleton (DD-455),\
en route to Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, during November 1942.
( Photo USN, courtesy Stan Piet )
"USS Sangamon (ACV-26)" ex. "Esso Trenton (1)", somewhat rusty and worn, rests at anchor in an unidentified harbor,
probably in the South Pacific, circa 1943.
( Photo thanks to Robert Hurst )
USS "Sangamon" (CVE 26) ex USS "Sangamon" (AO 28) ex "Esso Trenton" (I).
USS "Sangamon" (CVE 26) ex USS "Sangamon" (AO 28) ex "Esso Trenton" (I).