After an extensive
shakedown and repair period Bogue joined the Atlantic Fleet in
February 1943 as the nucleus of the pioneer American anti-submarine hunter-killer
group. During March and April 1943 she made three North Atlantic
crossings but sank no submarines. She departed on her fourth
crossing 22 April and got her first submarine 22 May when her
aircraft sank U-569.
During her fifth North Atlantic cruise her planes sank two German
submarines: U-217 at 30°18′N 42°50′W., 5 June
and U-118 at 30°49′N 33°49′W., 12 June.
On 23 July 1943, during her seventh patrol, her planes
sank U-527 at 35°25′N 27°56′W. The destroyer George E. Badger, of
her screen, sank U-613 during this patrol.
Bogue 's eighth patrol was her most productive with three German
submarines sunk. U-86 was sunk by her planes on 29 November 1943
at 39°33′N 19°01′W. On 30 November, TBF Avengers from Bogue damaged U-238 east
of the Azores. On 13 December U-172 was sunk by her planes, along
with destroyers George E. Badger, Du Pont, Clemson and Osmond
Ingram. And on 20 December U-850 was sunk by
planes.
Bogue had a break from her anti-submarine operations during January
and February 1944 when she carried a cargo of Army fighters
to Glasgow, Scotland. The carrier then returned to her
anti-submarine role and on 13 March her aircraft teamed with British
planes, Haverfield, Hobson and the RCN River-class frigate HMCS Prince
Rupert to sink U-575.
On 5 May 1944, Bogue and her escorts departed Hampton Roads,
Virginia, for a cruise that netted two more submarines and lasted
until 2 July. Francis M. Robinson, of the screen, sank the Japanese RO-501 (ex-German U-1224)
on 13 May and Bogue’s aircraft sank the Japanese
submarine I-52, on 24 June. During the next
cruise, 24 July–24 September 1944, Bogue's planes sank another
German submarine, U-1229, 20 August.
Following her return in September 1944, Bogue operated on training
missions out of Bermuda and Quonset Point, Rhode Island, until
February 1945 when she made a trip to Liverpool, England, with Army
planes. In April 1945, she put to sea again as an anti-submarine
vessel, forming part of Captain George J. Dufek's Second Barrier
Force during Operation Teardrop. On 24 April, success came as
Flaherty, Neunzer, Chatelain, Varian, Hubbard, Janssen, Pillsbury
and Keith sank U-546. This was the last of 13 submarines sunk by Bogue or
her escorts.
With the war in the Atlantic over, Bogue moved to the Pacific,
arriving at San Diego 3 July 1945. She then steamed westward to Guam,
arriving 24 July. She made a trip to Adak, Alaska (19 August to 6
September 1945), and then joined the "Operation Magic Carpet" fleet
returning servicemen from the Pacific islands. She was placed out of
commission in reserve 30 November 1946 at Tacoma, Washington. |