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
Succeeded by	Casablanca class
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.