USS Bogue (CVE 9)
Navy:.................... The US Navy
Type:.................... Escort carrier
Class:................... Bogue
Penant:................. CVE 9
Built by:.................Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp, (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
Laid down:........... 1st October, 1941
Launched:............ 15th January, 1942
Commissioned:... 26th September, 1942
Displacement:..... 16620 BRT
Length:................. 496 feet
Complement:....... 908 men
Armament:........... 2 5" DP guns (2x1)
............................. 10 20mm AA (10x1)
............................. 24 aircraft
Maximum speed:.. 18 knots
Engines:.............. Steam turbines 1 shaft
Power:..................8500 hp
End of service:....30th November, 1946
Decommissioned 30th November 1946. Stricken 1st March 1959. Sold as scrap in Japan December 1960. These ships were known as the Bogue class in the USN and the Attacker class in the Royal Navy.
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