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USS SANTEE   (ACV-29)

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

A Model of USS Santee, by Bill Waldorf

Mr. Bill Waldorf of Jacksonville, Florida, built the model, now on display at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia. Mr. Waldorf is a noted ship model builder whose work is on exhibit at the D-Day Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Photos courtesy of Bill Waldorf

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Mr. Charles W. Howse,
Vice President, Escort Carrier Sailors & Airmen Association,
Gunner in a TBF Avenger aboard Santee during WW II.

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Bill Waldorf and his model of Santee.

Hampton Roads Naval Museum,
6 August 2009,
the day the model was formally accepted by the Museum		  
Photos courtesy of ABCS Walter E. Skeldon

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