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USS SANTEE   (ACV-29)

(formerly AO-29 and AVG-29; later CVE-29 and CVHE-29)


Photos from the collection of Bruno A. Demko

Bruno A. Demko served aboard USS Santee during World War II. These photos have been contributed by his daughter, Linda Bisset.


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Bofors 40-mm quad mount.
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USS Santee (CVE-29) under attack, 25 October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf.
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USS Santee (CVE-29) under attack, 25 October 1944, Battle of Leyte Gulf.
(See also NS0302910.)
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Kamikaze plane, possibly during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
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Santee burning, during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 1944.
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Kamikaze hits the deck, 25 October 1944 (same as photo 0302918).
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Damaged flight deck of Santee after kamikaze hit.
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At 0756, sixteen minutes after the kamikaze hit, a torpedo chewed into Santee's starboard side between frames 58 and 60.
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Torpedo damage.
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Grumman F6F Hellcats getting ready to take off.
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Late war photo.
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General Motors TBM Avenger damaged on the forward end of the flight deck (possibly 7 July 1945).
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Signatures on the back of photo
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Fueling at sea.
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Loading planes, San Diego, 1944.
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This Avenger torpedo bomber made an unusual landing
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Scoreboard, German subs and Japanese aircraft, painted on the island
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British Prisoners Of War (POWs) taken off of Formosa for transport home
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Dawn Patrol. Grumman F6F Hellcat on the flight deck.
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Shooting at Japanese planes.
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Burial at sea.
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