USS Core c. 1944
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Core |
Namesake | Core Sound in North Carolina |
Laid down | 2 January 1942 |
Launched | 15 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1942 |
Decommissioned | 4 October 1946 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 1971 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bogue-class escort carrier |
Displacement | 7,800 tons |
Length | 495.7 ft (151.1 m) |
Beam | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
Complement | 890 officers and men |
Armament | 2 × 5 inch guns |
USS Core (CVE-13), a Bogue-class escort carrier named for the Core Sound in North Carolina, was originally classified AVG-13, but was reclassified ACV-13, 20 August 1942; CVE-13, 15 July 1943; CVHE-13, 12 June 1955; CVU-13, 1 July 1958; and T-AKV-41, 7 May 1959. She was launched 15 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Smith, wife of Lieutenant Commander Smith; acquired by the Navy, 1 May 1942; and commissioned 10 December 1942, Captain M. R. Greer in command.