USS Sangamon (CVE-26)

The Sangamon as seen in-game. (Table statistics do not reflect flag bonuses)\*

DPS: 272 > 333

-Type 2-

DPS: 299 > 378

-= (x14) Class 2 =-

-Type 1-

DPS: 352 > 419

-Type 2-

DPS: 387 > 505

-Type 3-

DPS: 422 > 534

-Type 4-

DPS: 458 > 570

Torp. dmg: 17,010 > 19,817

Bomb dmg: 30,100 > 35,066

Reload Time: 12s > 9s

## Background History

Launched as a *T3 Oil tanker* on November of 1939, Sangamon was obtained by the US Navy in October of 1940, and was refitted as an escort carrier by August 1942. She still had substantial oil bunkerage which allowed her to perform double duty as both a carrier and mobile fleet refueler for nearby destroyers. She was taken out of action by Kamikaze in the Battle off Samar, and was ultimately scrapped in Osaka, Japan in 1960.

## Overview

The USS Sangamon was an american aircraft carrier featured in the game. She will be the first carrier (and the least satisfactory unless you're a boss)unlocked given that you havent bought the junyo or akagi by then.

## Tactics

Given sangamons smaller air wing (only 20 aircraft without flags) and longer reloads with the weakest planes of the bunch, players should use her conservatively. This if further encouraged by it's low HP count and speed. The best way to use her is in conjunction with other carriers. While their planes provide cover for yours, send your planes on a bombing run as their Bombs have damage that can even give top tier carriers a run for their money while torpedo damage is very weak in comparison. In fact, without ANY upgrades, Sangamon’s bombs deal 26k damage. If 2 waves are rapidly launched and all hit, any ship with less than 260k hp will just die. And don’t forget fires, which have an increased chance of happening with airborne bombs. With the improvements to matchmaking, Sangamon is undoubtedly the unrivaled Queen of Bombs in her matchmaking spread, with her bombs fully upgraded capable of 150,000 damage per squadron drop allowing her to easily destroy cocky battleships or cruisers that come too close to her.

### Playing a Sangamon

When playing a sangamon prioritize your survival first. Your low speed and HP often leads to you becoming a free kill in most cases. That does nothing to help your teammates other than put more mental pressure on them. After you have retreated to a safe zone, start to support allies with your AP bombs. They will often deal massive damage on impact and considering how most players often neglect upgrading their AA this oversight can be exploited. If your air wing goes down to around 10 planes or so stop using bombers and instead opt for long range torpedo strikes to make them last as long as possible. If you are playing online battles, choose maps with islands and avoid ones like GREEN HILLS where you are easy prey. Choose a suitable island and hide behind it. Wait for enemy ships to approach you, and unleash all hell upon them. Because they’re so close to you, your planes will hit more often as the enemy ship can’t turn away in time and they lose huge swathes of HP. In the meantime, use torpedo squadrons to harass enemies.

### Playing with a Sangamon

If there is a sangamon on your team, just leave it be. Most likely the player will know what he is doing as carriers in general require the highest skill ceiling to play and as such those who dare to use them are often the cream of the crop. Your primary job if you are not a ship of the line is to provide cover fire for the carrier as destroyers can easily destroy sangamon courtesy of its lack of secondary guns.

### Playing against sangamon

If ever given the chance to, kill the Sangamon as quickly as possible by any means necessary. its low speed and HP often leads it to being a free kill and by doing so you eliminate the potential threat of high damage AP bombs being delivered to your ships deck. Do keep your distance because if you stray too close her bombs can arrive before your AA can deal with the aircraft.

### ***ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES***

#### ***ADVANTAGES***

* High Bomb damage
* Cheap upgrades & flags - encouraged to use Brazil flag to get speed and HP up

#### ***DISADVANTAGES***

* Low speed
* Poor health
* Lacks secendroies
* weak AA
* Low damage
* Low number of planes

### ***TRIVA***

* Being a converted oiler, sangamon retained a high level of oil bunkerage and she often found herself refueling other ships on top of her planes. Her range was also unparalleled vs other escort carriers due to this feature.
* In game she has been nicknamed many things: the chopping block (you can see why), the USS "Sack-a-mom" (Naval slang for USS MotherF###r), and Saggy due to her slow speed.