USS Chenango (CVE-28)

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USS Chenango
History
Name	SS Esso New Orleans
Owner	Standard Oil Company
Builder	Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
Laid down	10 July 1938
Launched	1 April 1939
Sponsored by	Mrs. Rathbone
Fate	Purchased by the US Navy
United States
Name	USS Chenango
Namesake	Chenango River Chenango County, New York Chenango, New York
Acquired	31 May 1941
Commissioned	20 June 1941, as AO-31
Decommissioned	16 March 1942
Recommissioned	19 September 1942, as ACV-28
Decommissioned	14 August 1946
Reclassified	CVE-28, 15 July 1943 CVHE-28, 12 June 1955
Stricken	1 March 1959
Fate	Sold, 12 February 1960
General characteristics as escort carrier
Class and type	Sangamon-class escort carrier
Displacement	11,400 long tons (11,583 t)[1]
Length	553 ft (169 m)
Beam	75 ft (23 m) 114 ft 3 in (34.82 m) extreme width
Draft	32 ft (9.8 m)
Propulsion	2 × steam turbines 2 × shafts
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement	1,080 officers and men[1]
Armament	2 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 cal guns[1][2]
Aircraft carried	31
Aviation facilities	2 × elevators
Service record
Operations:	World War II
Awards:	11 battle stars Navy Unit Commendation

The second USS Chenango (CVE-28) (originally designated as T3 Tanker oiler AO-31, after re-designation as an escort carrier, was first ACV-28) was launched on 1 April 1939 as Esso New Orleans by the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, in Chester, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Mrs. Rathbone; acquired by the United States Navy on 31 May 1941; and commissioned on 20 June 1941 as AO-31.^[1]