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CVE-9 USS Bogue

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CVE-9 USS Bogue

Class

Bogue Class

Builder

Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc.

Tacoma Washington

Laid down

6. February 1943 

Launched

15. September 1943

Commissioned

26. September 1942

Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign

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NS San Diego CA
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March 1943 - March 1943
North Atlantic (first ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
last update 22. May 2020
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April 1943 - April 1943
North Atlantic (second ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
last update 22. May 2020
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April 1943 - April 1943
North Atlantic (third ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
last update 22. May 2020
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22. April 1943 - May 1943
North Atlantic (fourth ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
22. May 1943 sank U-569 at 50°40′N 35°21′W.
last update 22. May 2020
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May 1943 - June 1943
North Atlantic (fifth ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
5 June 1943 sank U-217 at 30°18′N 42°50′W.
12 June 1943 sank U-118 at 30°49′N 33°49′W.
last update 22. May 2020
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22. April 1943 - May 1943
North Atlantic (sixt ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
22. May 1943 sank U-569 at 50°40′N 35°21′W.
last update 22. May 2020
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July 1943 - July 1943
North Atlantic (seventh ASW cruise)
VC-9 F4F-4 (12) , TBF-1 (12) -
23. Jauly 1943 sank U-527 at 35°25′N 27°56′W.
last update 22. May 2020
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13 March 1944 - April 1944
North Atlantic ASW-Cruise
VC-95 FM- , TBM- 0
last update 20. April 2015
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5. May 1944 - 2. July 1944
North Atlantic ASW-Cruise
VC-69 FM- , TBM- 0
last update 20. April 2015
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24. July 1944 – 24. September 1944
North Atlantic
VC-42 FM- , TBM- 0
last update 20. April 2015
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Decommissioned

30. November 1946

Commanding Officers 
     
     
     
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History (short)

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.


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