_x000D_ USS Sangamon CVE-26. _x000D__x000D_ First in the Sangamon class of WWII US Navy auxiliary aircraft carriers, converted from Esso Cimarron class high speed oil tankers in early 1942 in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941. Laid down on March 13 1939 as Cimarron class high speed oil tanker "Esso Trenton", launched on November 4 1939, commissioned as AO-28 on October 23 1940. _x000D__x000D_ Refit included flight deck (502ft x 81ft), hangar deck, aircraft catapult, sonar, aircraft ordnance