USS Bogue

USS Bogue (CVE-9), near Norfolk, Virginia on 20 June 1943
History
United States
Name	Steel Advocate
Owner	War Shipping Administration (WSA)
Operator	Isthmian Steamship Company
Ordered	as type (C3-S-A1 hull), MC hull 170 [1]
Awarded	30 September 1940
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington
Cost	$3,733,124
Yard number	9
Way number	1
Laid down	1 October 1941
Launched	15 January 1942
Fate	Allocated to the United States Navy, 1 May 1942
United States
Name	Bogue
Namesake	Bogue Sound, North Carolina
Acquired	1 May 1942
Commissioned	26 September 1942
Decommissioned	30 November 1946
Reclassified	ACV, 20 August 1942 CVE, 15 July 1943 CVHE, 12 June 1955
Stricken	1 March 1959
Identification	Hull symbol: AVG-9 ACV-9 CVE-9 CVHE-9 Code letters: NENI [2]
Honors and awards	3 × battle stars Presidential Unit Citation
Fate	Scrapped, 1960
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Bogue-class escort carrier
Displacement	8,390 long tons (8,520 t) (standard) 13,980 long tons (14,200 t) (full load)
Length	465 ft (142 m) (wl) 495 ft 8 in (151.08 m) (oa) 440 ft (130 m) (fd)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) wl 82 ft (25 m) (fd) 111 ft 6 in (33.99 m) (extreme width)
Draft	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (mean) 26 ft (7.9 m) (max)
Installed power	2 × Foster-Wheeler 285 psi (1,970 kPa) boilers 8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbine 1 × Screw
Speed	18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	890 officers and enlisted
Armament	As designed: 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 caliber 10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons Varied, ultimate armament: 2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun (DP) 8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns 20 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried	19-24
Aviation facilities	1 × hydraulic catapult 2 × elevators

USS Bogue (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVHE-9) was the lead ship in the Bogue class of escort carriers in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was named for Bogue Sound in North Carolina.

Originally classified AVG-9, this was changed to ACV-9 on 20 August 1942; CVE-9 on 15 July 1943 and CVHE-9, on 12 June 1955. She was part of an effective force, where aircraft operating from Bogue or ships escorting the carrier claimed ten German and two Japanese submarines between May 1943 and July 1945.