USS Suwannee Model (For Sale)

USS Sangamon Model (Photos) (If you did not serve aboard the Suwannee, but wonder what it looked like, this is probably your best opportunity ever to find out. Rene Heronymous, a model-maker from Austria created a nine-feet-long model of the Sangamon. Detailed photos are displayed on the page that this link will take you to. The Sangamon was virtually identical to the Suwannee, except it displayed the number 26 instead of 27.

Leyte Gulf Kamikaze Video

VF27 Patch

VF40 Patch

VF60 Patch

Rodstrom Photos

Elchesen Photos

Harrington Photos

Joyce Logbook Files

Molsbergen Photos

The Slingerland Crash

She Came Back (The Suwannee)

Naval History Photo Service

U.S.S. Suwannee at Kwajalein

The Battle Off Samar

Battle of Leyte Gulf Website

Leyte Gulf - Multimedia

(Please note that the above multimedia link includes video that contains actual moving picture footage of a kamikaze hitting an escort carrier, possibly the U.S.S. Suwannee, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.)

A USS Chenango Veteran Reports on the War

Dictionary of American Fighting Ships

A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers

U.S. Navy Memorial - Suwannee Log

Kamikaze Hit on the U.S.S. Suwannee

Navsource Photo Archives

Sangamon-Class Aircraft Carriers

Fighting the U-Boats

Japanese Battleship Yamato

Oral Histories - Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23-25 October 1944