Bogue class escort carrier
 USS Bogue (CVE-9) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Bogue |
| Builders: | (1) Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding (2) Ingalls Shipbuilding (3) Western Pipe & Steel |
| Operators: | Royal Navy, US Navy |
| Preceded by: | Long Island class escort carrier |
| Succeeded by: | Sangamon class escort carrier |
| In commission: | 1942-1944 - 1946 |
| Completed: | 45 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Escort carrier |
| Displacement: | 16,620 long tons (16,890 t) |
| Length: | 496 ft (151 m); flight deck: 480 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m); flight deck: 70 ft (21 m) |
| Draught: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power: | 8,500 shp (6,300 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × geared steam turbines 2 × boilers 1 × shaft |
| Speed: | 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 646, excluding Air Group |
| Armament: | 2 × 4 in/ 50 caliber gun (1x2) 8 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns (4x2) 10-35 × 20 mm anti-aircraft cannons |
| Aircraft carried: | 19-24; (typical complement: 12 × fighters (Grumman F4F Wildcats) 9 × torpedo bombers (Grumman TBF Avengers)) (Supermarine Seafires and Fairey Swordfish, respectively, in RN service.) |
| Aviation facilities: | 2 × elevators |
The Bogue-class were a group of escort carriers built in the United States for service with the U.S. Navy and (under lend-lease) the Royal Navy during World War II.
The British operated ships were grouped as the Attacker class and the Ruler class; the latter all having names of "Ruler"s
Origins
The Bogue-class escort carriers were based on the Maritime Commission's Type C3 cargo ship hull. Most were built by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, but some of the early examples were produced by Ingalls Shipbuilding of Pascagoula, Mississippi and by the Western Pipe and Steel Company of San Francisco, California. They all were named for sounds, and were equipped with derricks for retrieving seaplanes.
Most of the ships of the class were transferred to the Royal Navy under the provisions of the Lend-Lease program; they were given new names for their RN service and returned to the U.S. Navy after the war. The first group to be transferred were known by the RN as the Attacker-class; in their place replacements were constructed with the same names for the American fleet. A second group of ships were built and sent almost in its entirety to the Royal Navy, known as the Ameer-class or the Ruler-class in British service, and sometimes as the Prince William-class in the U.S. Navy.
As delivered, these carriers required modifications to conform to Royal Naval standards and, for some ships, the initial works were done at at Vancouver, Canada. These included extending the flight deck, fitting redesigned flying controls and fighter direction layout, modifications to hangar, accommodation and store rooms, extra safety measures, oiling at sea arrangements, gunnery and other internal communications, extra wireless and radio facilities, ship black-out arrangements and other items deemed necessary for British service.
The consequential delays in getting these ships into active service caused critical comments from some in the U.S. Navy.
Ships
First group (Bogue / Attacker class)
Second group (Bogue / Ruler / Prince William class)
General characteristics as for Attacker class, except for displacement and armament.
See also
Notes
References
External references
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