This drew Vice Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf's Bombardment Group south to meet that threat in the Battle of Surigao Strait. The Sullivan brothers, Joseph, 24; Francis,27; Albert, 20; Madison, 23 and George, 28 from Waterloo, Iowa died in the sinking of the USS JUNEAU (CL 52). Those who Navybuddies.com Crew List - Reunite with old US Navy Buddies Suwannees work at Argentia would earn her the American Defense Service Medal (1622 November 1941). Steering and engine control were lost and shifted to Battle Two. 1 206 Suwannee provided air support for the assault forces at Leyte Gulf with antisubmarine and combat air patrols and strikes against Japanese installations ashore. BELL, John Edward Machinist's Mate First Class. Suwannee provided air support for the assault forces at Leyte Gulf with antisubmarine and combat air patrols and strikes against Japanese installations ashore. About this time Suwannee received orders detaching them from the fleet and assigned them to Operation Magic Carpet. Photo and text from Fire From The Sky, USS Suwannee CVE 27 and Related Air Groups Reunion Association. Disembarking three more passengers at Bayonne, N.J., on the 21st, Suwannee sailed for Hampton Roads the next day. If you contact a Shipmate through HullNumber, your email address is not displayed in the message to your Shipmate. 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. Strange USN (Ret.) For the major portion of the next 77 days, her planes continued to deny the enemy the use of those facilities. Suwannee paused briefly at the Canal Zone (69 October 1941), disembarking four passengers during her time therea PhM2c to the U.S. Try the Ship's Store. Help| The resulting fire burned for several hours, but was finally brought under control. They then spent a few days in the port of Kure, just south of Hiroshima, and then they returned near Wakayama, on 10 October, for "typhoon anchorage" as another storm, typhoon Louise, was approaching. Navy Tankers Asbestos Exposure | Mesothelioma Book On 13 November, she departed to participate in the Gilbert Islands operation. She arrived back at Hampton Roads on 24 November and stayed until 5 December when she got underway for the South Pacific. Registration and communicating with shipmates at Hullnumber.com is FREE FOREVER. The leaflets were dropped on the Japanese installations located on the Visayas Soon after, however, the battle was rejoined. HullNumber.com. Because of bad weather they did not arrive in Okinawa until 21 December. Elton C. Parker 16 November 1945, Cmdr. Within two hours, her flight deck was sufficiently repaired to enable the escort carrier to resume air operations. Thanks VetFriends. Sterett turned now to the Japanese battleship tormenting her port side, let fly four torpedoes, and peppered her superstructure with 5-inch shells. Branch. 1 205 On the 24th, she headed east again and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 2 March for a two-week stay. 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. (NARA) photo, # 80-G-270614. 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. 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). Pilots waiting for summons, (left We shall hold it as a duty to see that are given clothing, food, shelter, and medical The Japanese text reads in part: "Before you reach this miserable state, which Joseph J. After daybreak Monssen was still a floating incinerator. National Archives & Records Administration photo, # 19-N-24298. Suwannee remained in reserve at Boston for the next 12 years. This trip was to be a non-stop return to Okinawa, to pick up 1,500 troops on an overnight stop, and then return to Seattle. All communications were dead. 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. Periodically, she put into the anchorage at Kerama Retto to rearm and replenish, but she spent the bulk of her time in air operations at sea. She joined Ranger (CV-4) as the other carrier attached to the Center Attack Group whose specific objective was Casablanca itself, via Fedala [Mohammedia] just to the north. National Archives & Records Administration photo, # 19-N-24297. 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. Keystone Tankship Corp., in turn delivered the vessel at Baltimore, Maryland. This list is in development, so if you don't see the unit or vessel you're looking for, click on any unit name below and type in the correct unit/vessel name in the form page. exploded on flight deck immediately after coming to a stop following normal landing on board. 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. At 0125 on the 13th, the enemy force was discovered about 27,000 yards to the northwest and the US task group maneuvered to intercept. Search by Station or Ship. Research Guide: Crew Lists and Muster Rolls - Navy by Robert C. Stern. Before the Japanese destroyer could fire a single shot at Sterett, she was lifted from the water by exploding torpedoes and rapidly sank. The person's rank/rate ? Suwannee remained in reserve at Boston, for the next 12 years. Kamikaze attack in history (Battle Jocko Clark in command. Flight deck poster made by an AMM, B.L. Farther out heavier Japanese ships were preparing to join in. Decommissioned as indicated above. Strange USN (Ret.) At 0148, San Francisco opened fire on an enemy cruiser 3,700 yards off her starboard beam. USS Suwanee | Military Wiki | Fandom USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) continues to carry on the fighting Sullivan sprit with the motto: We Stick Together. USS THE SULLIVANS (DDG 68) recently underwent a massive and expensive Ballistic Missile Defense upgrade, making her one of the few elite destroyers capable of intercepting and destroying hostile exo-atmospheric intercontinental ballistic missile tracks. The two planes erupted upon contact, Beidelman and his two crewmen perishing in a fiery instant. granddaughter of Albert Leo Sullivan. Photographed With each salvo of popping, two or three more panicky crew men would leap over the side, and we found that our most urgent task was to persuade those poised on the rail not to jump by a combination of physical restraint and reassurance that fires were being controlled and that more help was on the way. Add yours! On 2425 October 1944, the Japanese launched a major surface offensive from three directions to contest the landings at Leyte Gulf. Then on to Guam, arriving at 17:00, on 29 October, to load approximately 35 planes, for a total complement of around 70 planes, then on to Pearl Harbor. Following two voyages from Espiritu Santo, one to Tulagi and the other to Kwajalein, Suwannee arrived off Saipan, in mid-June. Volunteers and Draftees in WWII: (of those inducted, 189,365 remained inductees; 1,359,920 voluntarily enlisted. http://navylog.navymemorial.org/Portals/0/images/ships-tribute/NBD94211133.jpg San Francisco CA 38 11 13 1942 1942-11-13 00:00:00.000 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal The San Francisco, in company with one heavy cruiser, three light cruisers, and eight destroyers, entered Lengo Channel. After 30 years and learning the computer and finding VetFriends, I went to my first reunion of the USS Navasota AO-106. While moored between two buoys with two .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1+14 inches (32mm) steel cables and an 8 inches (20cm) hawser both bow and stern, she lost all contact with the stern buoy and moved dangerously close to shore. He came below to report that medical help was critically needed there. 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. After the war, she was later classified an "Escort Helicopter Aircraft Carrier" and again redesignated, CVHE-27, 12 June 1955. by Robert C. Stern. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives Charles C. McDonald 2 September 1945, Cmdr. National Archives and Records Administration Keystone Tankship Corp., in turn delivered the vessel at Baltimore, Maryland. 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. After short stops at Purvis Bay, in the Solomons, and at Seeadler Harbor, Manus, the escort carrier headed for New Guinea. This propaganda leaflet was saved from a batch that was being air dropped by VT-60's Avengers At 0145 Juneau, in company with 4 cruisers and 8 destroyers encounter a Japanese force of 2 battleships, 1 light cruiser and 11 destroyers. Earl E. Hartman, USNR. Veteran C. Young. All Rights Reserved. Portland was torpedoed in the stern in that action and had to be towed to Australia for temporary repairs. Search for a command's Crew List| USS Suwanee or Suwannee may refer to one of these United States Navy ships: . Aboard USS Suwannee (CVE-27), Rear Admiral William Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National The ships had entered Nagasaki Harbor by 15 September while Allied prisoners of war (New Zealand) were taken on board the hospital ship Haven. This drew the US Bombardment Group south to meet that threat in the Battle of Surigao Strait. 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. She remained in the vicinity of Kwajalein for the first 15 days of February, then spent the next nine days helping out at Eniwetok. One Hundred and five had been wounded. Almost a month later, on 10 September, she put to sea to support the landings on Morotai in the Netherlands East Indies. ):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) USS Suwannee (CVE 27) - U-boat Looking for US Navy memorabilia? Dimensions (wl):525' x 75' x 30' 7.5" (full load) / 160 x 22.9 x 9.3 meters Dimensions (max. Archives and Records Administration (NARA), # 80-G-349249. HullNumber.com does not retain your payment information if you make a purchase. Lebel, USNR; Lieutenant Thomas, of the crew. HullNumber.com does not share your information. Her name was stricken from the Navy List on 1 March 1959. All Rights Reserved. Converted to an aircraft carrier at Newport News, Va. Reclassified as an "Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier" and redesignated ACV-27, 20 August 1942. Destroyer Escort Photo Index DE- 402 USS RICHARD S. BULL - NavSource The . Our hope is that through this web site we can help the nation to know the sacrifices these men made to guarantee the freedoms we have today. HullNumber.com does not share your information. National Archives and Records Administration ALL HANDS Article Title. (NARA) photo, # 80-G-270613. Thomas, of the crew. You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel . She provided air support for the assault forces with ASW and CAPs and strikes against Japanese installations ashore. Strange USN (Ret.) a Japanese suicide plane streaks out of clouds in an 80-degree dive. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of Navy Unit Records Research. But others trapped below and aft of the forecastle area found themselves under a curtain of fire from aviation gasoline pouring down from burning planes on the flight deck above. 7 Dec 1941 - 31 Dec 1946 was 4,183,466 (390,037 officers and 3,793,429 enlisted) 3. Add yours! D. Sample, USN, presents Bronze Star to Lieutenant Commander James C. Longino, who also received While the Japanese Mobile Force sailed from Japan and drew the bulk of Admiral Halsey's 3d Fleet to the north, the Japanese 2d Striking Force, attempted to force the Surigao Strait from the south. the National Archives and Records Administration (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). Strange USN (Ret.) 346477 entries available online. On 11 November, off Fedala Roads, her antisubmarine patrol claimed the destruction of a submarine, a kill not verified in post-war accounting. and Records Administration (NARA), # 80-G-349221. Chief Engineman. They were declared dead on 4 October. There are no crew members who signed this Crew List. Leaflet 3-J-1. It was commissioned on July 16, 1941, under Commander Joseph R. Lannom's command and served in the US Navy for 6 years until it was struck from the Navy List on March 1, 1959. Departing that port on 19 December, Suwannee touched at San Juan, Puerto Rico, then returned to Norfolk. President Roosevelt directed that one of the new Fletcher class destroyers be named after the brothers. Her problems, however, soon came from another quarter. Those landings went off without opposition on the 15th, and Suwannee returned to Seeadler Harbor to prepare for the invasion of the Philippines. Approximately 8 minutes after the enemy was engaged, Walke was hit. The bow cables and hawser held and she remained safely in place by turning the screws to maintain position. For the next month and one-half, she supported the invasion of the Marianas, participating in the campaigns against Saipan and Guam. Archives and Records Administration (NARA), photo # 80-G-39317. "At 1042, Thursday 24 May 1945 TBM-3 [Avenger] Bureau Number 68368 Less than a month after commissioning, Suwannee, with VGS-27 embarked, stood out of Hampton Roads on 25 October 1942 in Task Group (TG) 34.2, as part of Task Force 34, for Operation Torch, the invasion of Vichy French-held North Africa. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Medical officer Lieutenant Walter B. Burwell wrote: One of our corpsmen tending the wounded on the flight deck saw the plight of those isolated by fire on the forecastle. is more than men ought to endure so far from home, we want you to keep something in mind. USS Suwannee (CVE 27) Escort carrier of the Sangamon class Commands listed for USS Suwannee (CVE 27) Please note that we're still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. the National Archives and Records Administration Suwannee has too long gone untold. 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. Hostilities ended on 15 August, but Suwannee remained at Okinawa, for the next three weeks. Flight deck poster made by an AMM, B.L. Artwork details the dangers With a battleship on her stern, a second on her port beam, and two destroyers on her port bow, Laffey fought the Japanese ships with the three remaining main battery guns in a no-quarter duel at point blank range. CARKOSKI . Most of the remaining wounded in the forecastle area were severely burned beyond recognition and hope. the flight deck during launchings. Register and add yourself to the Crew List of the USS Suwannee (CVE 27), Report an offensive or inappropriate entry. and Records Administration, Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association, Built under a Maritime Commission contract (hull number 5) as the civilian tanker, Acquired by the Navy on 26 June 1941; classified as a "Fleet Oiler", designated AO-33 and renamed. At 2336, she was ordered abandoned. (CVE-27) HELL. and Records Administration (NARA), # 80-G-349398. to right): Lieutenant Robert I. Roth, USNR; Lieutenant Junior Grade John E. Benson, USNR; Ensign Vincent Many of the crew on the forecastle and the catwalks above it had been blown over the side by the explosions. Official U.S. The first challenge was to find as many of the men as possible. The auxiliary carrier transited the Panama Canal (1112 December) and ultimately reached New Caledonia on 4 January 1943, anchoring in Great Roads. Steering and engine control were temporarily lost, then regained. His bomb compounded the fracture when it exploded between the flight and hangar decks, tearing a 25-foot gash in the ship causing a number of casualties. Add a reunion information. To top of page | To bottom of page List of aircraft carrier operations during World War II The table below contains the names of sailors who served aboard the USS Suwannee (CVE 27). flight deck air traffic controller, Albert L. Tomsic, (Serial Number 618 10 62), to remember the horrible Landing Procedure," USS Suwannee CVE-27, Serial 065, 29 May 1945.). Of seven missing, three were subsequently rescued. 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. It seemed to me that we would have to try to get through to them. The escort carrier stopped at Pearl Harbor, from 1623 February, at Tulagi, from 414 March, and at Ulithi, from 2127 March, before arriving off Okinawa, on 1 April. Left to right: Lieutenant Commander James C. Longino, Jr., USNR; Lieutenant Junior Grade Levi Strange USN (Ret.) The new passengers destinations ranged from new construction like the carrier Hornet (CV-8), the destroyer Hambleton (DD-455), and the submarine Finback (SS-230), to the gunboat Erie (PG-50). At 0740 on the 25th, Taffy 1 was jumped by land-based planes from Davao in the first deliberate suicide attack of the war. Cimarron/List 1 Class: Displacement: 24,830 tons Length: 553' Beam: 75' Draft: 32' Speed: 18 knots Armament: 4 5"/38 DP, 4x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm Complement: Capacity: 146,000 barrels Geared turbines engines, twin screws, 30,400 hp Maritime Commission T3-S2-A1type Chicopee Class: During that span of time, she visited Guadalcanal, Efate, and Espiritu Santo in addition to New Caledonia. 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. She steamed to Pearl Harbor, T.H., where she disembarked Lt.(j.g.) She was reclassified as an "Escort Carrier", CVE-27, on 15 July 1943. First Name. Suwannee CVE-27 during World War II. http://navylog.navymemorial.org/Portals/0/images/ships-tribute/NSB94211141.jpg Preston DD 379 11 14 1942 1942-11-14 00:00:00.000 Shellfire near Salvo Island Preston, in company with TF 64, sailed along the western end of Guadalcanal to intercept another Japanese run down the Slot to bombard Henderson Field and land reinforcements. While Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's Mobile Force sailed south from Japan and drew the bulk of Admiral William Halsey's 3d Fleet off to the north, Admiral Shima's 2nd Striking Force, along with Admiral Shoji Nishimura's Force, attempted to force the Surigao Strait from the south. Filling more fields will reduce the number of results. 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. Ensuing magazine explosion blows Juneau in half, killing most of the crew. Thomas, of the crew. strike on Balikpapan, Borneo. USS Suwannee (CVE-27), was built as the civilian oiler Markay, in 1939, before being acquired by the US Navy, in 1941, and renamed Suwannee (AO-33), after the tradition of naming fleet oilers after rivers. San Francisco swung left while her main battery continued to fire on the battleships which, with the cruiser and the destroyer, continued to pound San Francisco. The ship reached Saipan around 15:00, on 28 October, and stayed just long enough, 15 hours, to load stores and 400 troops. By the time we arrived on the forecastle, the flow of gasoline had mostly consumed itself, and flames were only erupting and flickering from combustible areas of water and oil. Naval records from World War II. Home; About HullNumber; Before you Register; . 1 172. Just after noon on 26 October, another group of kamikazes jumped Taffy 1.
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