USS Bogue (CVE-9)
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Class overview | |
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Name | Bogue class |
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Preceded by | Long Island class |
Succeeded by | Sangamon class |
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In commission | 1942–1947 |
Completed | 45 |
Lost | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Escort carrier |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Range | 26,300 nmi (48,700 km; 30,300 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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Complement | 890 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 19-24 |
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The Bogue class were a class of 45 escort carriers built in the United States for service with the US Navy and the Royal Navy, through the Lend-Lease program, during World War II. Following the war, ten Bogue-class ships were kept in service by the US Navy and were reclassified for helicopter and aircraft transport operations.
The first 22 ships of the class were converted from finished, or near finished, Maritime Commission C3-S-A1 and C3-S-A2 ships, with 11 retained by the US Navy, and the other 11 transferring to the Royal Navy, where they were renamed and grouped as the Attacker class. Prince William was the last of the USN ships built and comprised all of the lessons learned in the earlier ships, sometimes it is referred to as its own subclass of the Bogue class. The remaining 23 ships were built from the keel up on C3-class designs and classified as Ruler class, or the Ameer-class. Following the war, those ships that served with the Royal Navy were returned to the United States and were either scrapped or converted for mercantile use.