View of a collision of the U.S. Navy escort carriers USS <i>Sangamon</i> (CVE-26) and USS <i>Suwannee</i> (CVE-27) on 26 January 1944. Having completed fueling two destroyers, <i>Sangamon</i> resumed zigzagging and commenced a 40-degree turn to port. <i>Suwannee</i>, about 1700 meters off the <i>Sangamon</i>'s port side, started a starboard turn to conducting flight operations. When the ships began to run on converging courses, both carriers tried to slow. As they alomost lost all speed, they scraped bow to bow and only superficial damage occured.
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