USS Chenango (CVE-28)

	Broadside view of USS Chenango (CVE-28) off Mare Island Navy Yard, on 22 Sep 1943.
History
Name	Esso New Orleans
Owner	Standard Oil Company
Ordered	as type (T2-S2-A1) hull, MCE hull 4
Awarded	3 January 1938
Builder	Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania
Cost	$880,516.70
Laid down	10 July 1938
Launched	1 April 1939
Sponsored by	Mrs. Monroe Jackson Rathbone
Fate	Sold to US Navy, 31 May 1941
United States
Name	Chenango
Namesake	Chenango River, in New York
Acquired	31 May 1941
Commissioned	20 June 1941
Decommissioned	16 March 1942
Identification	Hull symbol: AO-31; Callsign: NFBK; ;
Recommissioned	19 September 1942, as ACV-28
Decommissioned	14 August 1946
Refit	Bethlehem Staten Island, New York
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol:; AVG-28 (16 March 1942); ACV-28 (20 August 1942); CVE-28 (15 July 1943); CVHE-28 (12 June 1955); Callsign: NWSD; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 12 February 1960
General characteristics as fleet oiler
Class & type	Cimarron-class oiler
Displacement	7,470 long tons (7,590 t) light ; 25,425 long tons (25,833 t) full load;
Length	525 ft (160 m) wl
Beam	75 feet (23 m)
Draft	32 ft 3 in (9.83 m)
Installed power	4 × Babcock & Wilcox steam boilers (450 psi (3,100 kPa)); 13,500 shp (10,100 kW);
Propulsion	2 × Westinghouse geared steam turbines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	18.3 kn (33.9 km/h; 21.1 mph)
Capacity	122,400 bbl (19,460 m3) of oil; 805,000 US gal (3,050,000 L; 670,000 imp gal) of gasoline;
Complement	301 officers and men
Armament	4 × single 5 in (130 mm)/51 cal guns]; 4 × twin Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) anti-aircraft guns ; 4 × twin Oerlikon 20 mm (0.79 in) anti-aircraft cannons;
General characteristics as escort carrier
Class & type	Sangamon-class escort carrier
Displacement	11,400 long tons (11,583 t) standard ; 24,275 long tons (24,665 t) full;
Length	553 ft 6 in (168.71 m) oa; 503 ft (153 m) flight deck;
Beam	105 ft (32 m) flight deck
Draft	30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)
Range	23,920 nmi (44,300 km; 27,530 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	830 officers and men
Armament	2 × 5"/51 caliber guns ; 4 × twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft guns ; 12 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons;
Aircraft carried	25
Aviation facilities	1 × hydraulic catapult; 2 × elevators;
General characteristics 1945
Complement	1,080 officers and men
Armament	2 × quad Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft guns; 10 × twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 anti-aircraft guns ; 19 × single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons;
Aircraft carried	32
Aviation facilities	2 × hydraulic catapults
Service record
Operations	World War II
Awards	11 battle stars; Navy Unit Commendation;

USS Chenango (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVEH-28), was a US Navy escort carrier of World War II. Originally built as Esso New Orleans, one of twelve tankers built by a joint Navy-Maritime Commission design. This design was later duplicated and designated a T3-S2-A1 oiler. She was acquired by the Navy in May 1940, and renamed and classified Chenango (AO-31), for use as a Cimarron-class fleet oiler. In 1942, she was converted into one of four Sangamon-class escort carrier's. Originally classified as an "Aircraft Escort Vessel", and designated AVG-28, in March 1942, she was reclassified as an "Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier", ACV-28, in August 1942. When the US Navy had another major reclassification on 15 July 1943, Sangamon was again reclassified, this time as an "Escort Carrier", CVE-28. After the war, she was later classified an "Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier" and again redesignated, CVHE-28, 12 June 1955. She was named after the Chenango River, in New York.