):553' x 114' 3" / 168.6 x 34.8 meters Armor:None Power plant:4 boilers (450 psi); 2 steam turbines; 2 shafts; 13,500 shp (design) Speed:18+ knots Endurance:23,920 nm @ 15 knots (with 4,780 tons of oil fuel) The first one crashed Santee (CVE-29) and, 30 seconds later, Suwannee splashed a kamikaze during its attack on Petrof Bay (CVE-80). The Japanese text reads in part: "Before you reach this miserable state, which Air Raids in the Pacific, 1 July 1945. Survivors were noted in the water by accompanying ships but due to risk of further submarine attack, no other ships of the task force stayed in the area to rescue survivors. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National http://navylog.navymemorial.org/Portals/0/images/ships-tribute/NSB94211135.jpg Laffey DD 459 11 13 1942 1942-11-13 00:00:00.000 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal The naval battle of Guadalcanal was just about to begin when the enemy force, a group of two battleships, one cruiser and 14 destroyers appeared on the horizon. After five days in Seeadler Harbor, Suwannee got underway to return to the west coast for major repairs. The resulting fire burned for several hours, but was finally brought under control. It was kept as a souvenir by the USS Suwannee Her first assignment was close air support for the invasion troops, but, within a few days, she settled down to a routine of pounding the kamikaze bases at Sakishima Gunto. On 24 and 25 October 1944, the Japanese launched a major surface offensive from three directions to contest the Leyte Gulf landings. It seemed to me that we would have to try to get through to them. Add a reunion information. Her repairs were completed by 31 January 1945; and, after brief stops at Hunter's Point and Alameda, Calif., she headed west and back into the war. At 07:40, on 25 October, "Taffy 1" was jumped by land-based planes from Davao in the first deliberate kamikaze attack of the war. She returned to Manus on 5 May. Click to view crew list USS Suwannee (CVHE-27) USS Suwannee was commissioned in July of 1941 as an AO-33. Those who Crew List main page| Clearing Norfolk for the Gulf Area on 3 November 1941, Suwannee arrived at her destination after a passage of five days, after which she down the Houston [Texas] Ship Canal, setting course for Argentia, Newfoundland, on 10 November, where she provided services to the Atlantic Fleets ships as the fleets involvement in the Battle of the Atlantic intensified. Twenty minutes later, completely immobilized in all departments, the ship was ordered abandoned. Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. The carrier reentered San Pedro Bay, Leyte, on 6 July and spent the next month there. McKellar and his men and offloaded MTBRon 1s six ELCOs, completing that operation on 18 September. Along part of the way, we were joined by a sailor manning a seawater fire hose with fairly good pressure, and though the seawater would only scatter the gasoline fires away from us, by using the water and foam alternatively as we advanced, we managed to work our way up several decks, through passageways along the wrecked and burning combat information center and decoding area, through officers' country, and finally out on the forecastle. On 12 October, the escort carrier got underway from Manus, in Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague's Escort Carrier Group to provide air support for the landings at Leyte Gulf. Stanley E. Ruehlow 1 September 1946, DANFS - Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Permitting Policy and Resource Management, The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: 20 Years Later, "Ex Scientia Tridens": The U.S. She joined Ranger as the other carrier attached to the Center Attack Group whose specific objective was Casablanca, itself, via Fedhala, just to the north. Suwanee's planes did not actually become engaged in the famous battle of naval aircraft, because they remained with the invasion forces in the Marianas providing ASW and combat air patrols (CAPs). 0 users currently logged in and 86 visitors active. National Archives and Records Administration On 11 November, off Fedala Roads, her antisubmarine patrol claimed the destruction of a submarine, a kill not verified in post-war accounting. Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. Archives and Records Administration (NARA), # 80-G-349248. On 19 June 1944, as the Battle of the Philippine Sea began to unfold, Suwannee was one of the first ships to draw enemy blood when one of her TBM-1C Avengers of VT-60, accompanied by an F6F-3 on anti-submarine patrol, spotted the Saipan-bound Japanese submarine I-184 (Lt.Cmdr. Consequently, while she herself did not participate in the running surface battle off Samar, her air group TBMs and F6Fs carried out persistent attacks on Japanese capital ships. John M. De Vane, Jr. 29 March 1946, Cmdr. Prepared by CAPT R. O. Just after noon on the 26th, another group of kamikazes jumped Taffy 1. Archives and Records Administration (NARA), # 80-G-349243. The carrier reentered San Pedro Bay, on 6 July, and spent the next month there. HullNumber.com takes your privacy seriously. Disembarking her passengers on 14 January, she provided fueling services there before returning to Hampton Roads, where, upon completion of unloading, she began preparations to undergo conversion. She had difficulty overtaking the rest of her force because of her damaged steering gear and the necessity to reduce speed periodically to control the blaze on her after deck. After short stops at Purvis Bay in the Solomons and at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, the escort carrier headed for New Guinea. I had a great time and intend to go again next year. http://navylog.navymemorial.org/Portals/0/images/ships-tribute/NBD94211134.jpg Sterett DD 407 11 13 1942 1942-11-13 00:00:00.000 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal In the Guadalcanal campaign, after shepherding the transports o safety, Sterett joined the US cruiser-destroyer force to intercept the Japanese raiding force. They hit the enemy, but he rolled over, dove at Suwannee and crashed into her at 08:04 about 40ft (12m) forward of the after elevator, opening a 10ft (3.0m) hole in her flight deck. This propaganda leaflet was saved from a batch that was being air dropped by VT-60's Avengers The escort carrier paused at Pearl Harbor (1623 February), sailing with a new air group, CVEG-40, at Tulagi (414 March, and at Ulithi (2127 March), before arriving off Okinawa on 1 April. (1) As a returning American torpedo bomber (lower plane) approaches deck for landing, a Japanese At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. Hull 5); launched on 4 March 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Howard L. Vickery; delivered to the Keystone Tankship Corp. and operated by that company until acquired by the Navy on 26 June 1941. A week later, she put into Espritu Santo for four days. Joseph J. Crew members of Suwannee were given shore leave during their stay and observed the devastation of ground zero first hand. The resulting fire burned for several hours, but was finally brought under control. Her gunners soon scratched a 2nd enemy plane, then engaged a 3rd attacking aircraft, circling in the clouds at 8,000 feet, which in its final dive, crashed into the flight deck of Suwannee 40 feet forward of the after elevator, opening a 10-foot hole in her flight deck. She was finally scrapped in Bilbao, Spain, in June 1962. HullNumber.com does not share your information. For the week that followed, the group operated off the coast of Kyushu, southwest of Nagasaki, Japan, while aircraft from the carriers patrolled the island and coast and assisted in locating mines in the clearance operations paving the way for entry into the harbor at Nagasaki. A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (nicknamed "Rosenblatt's Reply") aboard USS Suwannee Year Rank/Rate Last Name First Name Hometown Home State Remembered by; 1941: BM: Light: George . Keystone Tankship Corp., in turn delivered the vessel at Baltimore, Maryland. At the same time, she became the target of a cruiser off her starboard bow and a destroyer which had crossed her bow and was passing down her port side. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. There are no crew members who signed this Crew List. In the Pacific, all the 1,430,000 Navy, Coast Guard, and Marine personnel and the 1,360,000 Army people, on 1 November, except those in occupation units are scheduled to be returned by June. of propellers. Photographed The USS Suwannee was a member of the Sangamon class of escort aircraft carriers. The Please keep in mind that this list does only include records of people who submitted their information for publication on this website. The escort carriers put into Kossol Roads in the Palaus on 28 October, then headed for Manus for upkeep on 1 November. listens to confessions of a crew member. By 30 March, she was in the vicinity of the Palau Islands as the 5th Fleet subjected those islands to two days of extensive bombing raids. Suwannee (and her embarked air units for the pertinent periods: VGS-27, VGF-27, VGS-30, VGF-28, CVEG-60 and CVEG-40) received the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars for her World War II service: North Africa occupation, Algeria-Morocco Landings (811 November 1942), Anti-submarine action (planes S-10, S-11, and S-12 of VGS-27) (11 November 1942); Battle of Rennell Island (2930 January 1943); Gilbert Islands operation (20 November8 December 1943); Marshall Islands occupation: Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls (31 January8 February 1944) and Eniwetok (1724 February 1944); Pacific Raids: Palau, Yap, Ulithi and Woleai (30 March1 April 1944); Hollandia operation (Aitape, Humboldt Bay, and Tanahmerah Bay) 22 April5 May 1944); capture and occupation of Saipan (23 June11 July 1944); occupation and capture of Tinian (12 July1 August 1944); Morotai Landings (15 September 1944); Leyte landings (10 October29 November 1944); Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (25 March4 June 1945); and Balikpapan operation (26 June6 July 1945). http://navylog.navymemorial.org/Portals/0/images/ships-tribute/NBD94211132.jpg Portland CA 33 11 13 1942 1942-11-13 00:00:00.000 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal On November 13, Portland was part of a surface combat unit that fought a greatly superior Japanese force close to Guadalcanal. Official U.S. She was launched on 12 August 1995 by ships sponsor, Kelly Sullivan Loughren. Search by Station or Ship. (CVE-27). William H. Abrams, USMCR, Ret., the district legal officer at the Marine Barracks, Balboa) and an OS3c to the Submarine Base, Coco Solo, C.Z., on the 8th; then continued on for Galveston, Texas. National Archives and Records Administration They and the seven members of the flight crew were discovered in the wreckage of the aircraft on 19 November 1948, and their bodies were recovered. Delbert S. Cornwell 8 December 1944, Capt. Suwannees group fought off two more air attacks before 1300; then steamed in a northeasterly direction to join Taffy 3 and launch futile searches for Kuritas rapidly retiring force. 2023 United States Navy Memorial. a Japanese suicide plane streaks out of clouds in an 80-degree dive. At 0740 on the 25th, Taffy 1 was jumped by land-based planes from Davao in the first deliberate suicide attack of the war. 1943. (NARA), photo # 80-G-270617. Soon after, Preston, preparing her torpedoes, was struck. Suwannee provided air support for the assault forces at Leyte Gulf with antisubmarine and combat air patrols and strikes against Japanese installations ashore. battle. (Place your cursor over any of the ribbons at the top, the battle stars at left, or the Suwannee image to see a description. Port quarter aerial view of USS Suwannee (CVE-27) underway, March 1943. Would you like to have such a crew list on your website? She retained the name as an aircraft escort vessel, auxiliary aircraft carrier, escort aircraft carrier, and escort aircraft carrier (helicopter). On 3 August, she got underway for Okinawa, arriving in Buckner Bay, three days later. In 1977 the vessel was acquired by the City of Buffalo as a memorial and is on display at the Buffalo and ErieCounty Naval & Servicemen's park. Commissioned on 19 April 1997 at Staten Island, New York and brought to life by Kelly Sullivan Loughren and brother, John Sullivan. Your ORIGINAL HOMETOWN and State are asked for because that confirms who you are in your shipmate's memories. One salvo from Japanese cruiser Nagara had put both firerooms out and toppled the afterstack. Her name was stricken from the Navy List on 1 March 1959. The ship sported the shamrock of Ireland on her forward stack and sailed into World War II with 23 crew members named Sullivan. Joseph R. Lannom in command. (Quoted from the Prepared by CAPT R.O. After eight days in the water survivors were spotted and rescue effected. A Zeke crashed Suwannee's flight deck and careened into a just recovered torpedo bomber. The ship had taken 45 hits. Just before 0700 on the 25th, the Japanese force of four battleships, eight cruisers, and numerous destroyers were detected by the northernmost group of escort carriers, Taffy 3, and the surface battle off Samar ensued. Just before 07:00, on 25 October, one of Kadashan Bay's planes reported a Japanese force of four battleships, eight cruisers, and 11 destroyers. USS Suwannee (CVE 27) Crew List The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Suwannee (CVE 27). National Archives and Records Administration To top of page | To bottom of page Reunions There are currently no planned reunions. Seventy-seven sailors, including Rear Admiral Callaghan and Capt. Soon thereafter, the enemy ceased firing. She arrived back at Hampton Roads on 24 November and stayed until 5 December when she got underway for the South Pacific. Suwanee's group fought off two more air attacks before 13:00; then steamed in a northeasterly direction to join Taffy 3 and launch futile searches for Kurita's rapidly retiring force. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of Clinton McKellar, and loaded six 77-foot Electric Boat Co. (ELCO) torpedo boats: PT-20, PT-21, PT-22, PT-23, PT-24, and PT-25 (2426 August) The oiler and her passengers and deck cargo began their voyage when she stood out on 26 August. Most of the remaining wounded in the forecastle area were severely burned beyond recognition and hope. USS Ashtabula (AO-51) USS Aucilla (AO-56) USS Cacapon (AO-52) USS Caliente (AO-53) USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) USS Canisteo (AO-99) USS Chemung (AO-30) USS Chenango (CVE-28) USS Chicopee (AO-34) USS Chikaskia (AO-54) USS Chipola (AO-63) USS Chiwawa (AO-68) USS Chukawan (AO-100) USS Elokomin (AO-55) USS Enoree (AO-69) USS Escalante (AO-70) Ensuing fires destroyed nine other planes parked forward on her flight deck. 1 208 Filling more fields will reduce the number of results. Because of bad weather they did not arrive in Okinawa until 21 December. the National Archives and Records Administration SHIPS CREW. exploded on flight deck immediately after coming to a stop following normal landing on board. All communications were dead. Soon after, however, the battle was rejoined. USS Suwannee CVE 27 and Related Air Groups Reunion Association. Two previous ships had been named Suwanee, an alternate spelling: (Map NS0302736 by Karl Musser, courtesy of Wikipedia. The story of the U.S.S. Search crew members| With Admiral Oldendorf's old battleships fighting in Surigao Strait and Halsey's 3rd Fleet scurrying north, Suwannee, with the other 15 escort carriers and 22 destroyers and destroyer escorts, formed the only Allied naval force operating off Leyte Gulf when Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita's 1st Striking Force sneaked through the unguarded San Bernardino Strait into the Philippine Sea. J. Calo, USNR; Lieutenant Robert M. Hunt, USNR; and VT-40 Executive Officer, Lieutenant Junior Grade the National Archives and Records Administration Strange USN (Ret.) Suwannee and all the other ships in port experienced very difficult circumstances when typhoon Ida hit on 17 September. The fires spread. Suwannees planes did not actually become engaged in the famous battle of naval aircraft, because they remained with the invasion forces in the Marianas providing antisubmarine and combat air patrols. She reached the Philippines several days later, and her planes began strikes on enemy installations in the Visayas until 25 October. Flight deck poster made by an AMM, B.L. On 28 October, the carrier was placed in a reserve status with the 16th Fleet, at Boston, and just over two months later, on 8 January 1947, she was placed out of commission. Archives and Records Administration (NARA), # 80-G-K-15634. U.S. Strange USN (Ret.) The USS Suwannee (CVE-27) was a Sangamon-class escort carrier laid down on June 3, 1938, and launched on March 4, the following year. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval BOSTER, Gerald Charles Electrician's Mate Third Class. Sangamon Class Escort Carrier Keel Laid 3 June 1938 as civilian tanker "SS MARKAY" Launched 4 March 1939 - Acquired by US Navy 26 June 1941 Designated and Renamed 26 June 1941 USS SUWANNEE AO-33 Commissioned 16 July 1941 on flight deck during flight operations. Aboard USS Suwannee (CVE-27), Lieutenant Edward P. Looney, a Catholic Chaplain, Between 8 and 11 November, Suwannee sent up 255 air sorties and lost only five planes, three in combat and two to operational problems. Approximately 8 minutes after the enemy was engaged, Walke was hit. Photograph: 7 April 1943. (NARA) photo, # USN 470158. Suwannee was much farther south as an element of Rear Adm. Thomas Spragues Taffy 1. (AO-33: displacement 7,500; length 553'0"; beam 75'0"; draft 31'7"; speed 18.0 knots; complement 380; armament 1 5-inch, 4 .50-caliber machine guns; class Cimarron; type T3-S2-A1). Suwannee remained in North African waters until mid-November, then sailed, via Bermuda, for Norfolk, Virginia. 7 Dec 1941 - 31 Dec 1946 was 4,183,466 (390,037 officers and 3,793,429 enlisted) 3. 1 206 After a few days off San Francisco, she headed for Pier 91, in Seattle, and then on to Bremerton. Search by Name. He came below to report that medical help was critically needed there. On 13 November, she departed to participate in the Gilbert Islands operation. On 12 October 1944, the escort carrier got underway from Manus in Rear Adm. Thomas L. Spragues Escort Carrier Group to provide air support for the landings at Leyte Gulf. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. National Archives & Records Administration photo, # 19-N-24296. Included were: 6 battleships, 7 large carriers, 4 Independence-class carriers, 45 escort carriers, 21 light cruisers, 164 troopships, 165 assault transports, 30 hospital transports, 7 converted Liberty ships and 40 miscellaneous craft.[3]. Suwannees work at Argentia would earn her the American Defense Service Medal (1622 November 1941). For crew lists, and reunions see the Veterans Info Page. Earl E. Hartman, USNR. After 30 years and learning the computer and finding VetFriends, I went to my first reunion of the USS Navasota AO-106. The explosion buckles the deck, shatters the fire control computers and knocks out ship's power. The first one crashed Suwannees sister ship Santee (CVE-29); and, 30 seconds later, Suwannee splashed a kamikaze during his run on Petrof Bay (CVE-80). On the 24th, she headed east again and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 2 March for a two-week stay. At the bottom of every email sent by HullNumber is an UNSUBSCRIBE link. Many of the crew on the forecastle and the catwalks above it had been blown over the side by the explosions. Juneau is hit by a torpedo in her port side near forward fire room. Schermerhorn Van Mater2 October 1945, Capt. After the war, she was later classified an "Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier" and again redesignated, CVHE-27, 12 June 1955. Try the Ship's Store. A river that rises in the southeastern part of the state of Georgia and flows to the southwest across Florida, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Suwannee Sound; sometimes given the variant spelling of Suwanee. Soon her first target was enveloped in a large explosion and sank. (ACV-27), circa late 1942 or early 1943. Artwork details about crossing The first challenge was to find as many of the men as possible. Aboard USS Suwannee (CVE-27), Rear Admiral William The vessel decommissioned shortly thereafter in Newport News to be converted to an escort carrier. Photograph: 7 April 1943. SUWANNEE. On 28 October 1946, the carrier was placed in a reserve status with the Sixteenth Fleet at Boston and, just over two months later, on 8 January 1947, was placed out of commission. National Archives and Records Administration While Adm. Ozawa Jisaburos Mobile Force sailed south from Japan and drew the bulk of Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr.s Third Fleet off to the north, Adm. Shima Kiyohides Second Striking Force, along with Adm. Nishimura Shojis Force, attempted to force Surigao Strait from the south. Johnson) and 89 enlisted. On 6 February 1946, she was assigned to the berthing area at the Boston [Mass.] National Archives and Records Administration Suwannee (and her embarked air units for the pertinent periods: VGS-27, VGF-27, VGS-30, VGF-28, CVEG-60 and CVEG-40) received the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars for her World War. Against that backdrop of the United States being at war in both oceans, the oiler sailed from Hampton Roads on 13 December and set course for New Orleans, and there loaded a cargo of oil. Refine Search. Suwannee remained in reserve at Boston, for the next 12 years. But her gallant skipper and crew had made the enemy pay a fearful price of one battleship severely damaged, one cruiser and two destroyer sunk. Three Japanese destroyers conduct a coordinated torpedo attack of US Forces.
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