Bogue class

Bogue class
USS Bogue , the lead ship, 1943
Overview
Type	Escort aircraft carrier
units	49
Technical specifications
displacement	7800  ts (empty) 15,400 ts (input)
length	151.2 m
width	21.2 m ( WL ) 34 m ( flight deck )
height	16.5 m (flight deck) 27.5 m (mast)
Draft	7.9 m
crew	890
drive	2 water tube boilers, 1 steam turbine, 1 screw, 8550 WPS
speed	19 kn
Range	26,300 nm at 15 kn
Armament	2 127 mm guns 16 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 27 20 mm MK
Planes	up to 28

The former HMS Patroller (D07) (ex USS Keweenaw (CVE-44)) after the war as a Dutch Almkerk

The Bogue class was a production run of escort aircraft carriers of the US Navy during World War II . A total of 45 girders were built at American shipyards, 31 of which were handed over to the British Navy . They were created from converted C3 cargo ships . The first ship was the USS Bogue , which was completed on January 15, 1942.

technical description

The Bogue class was created from merchant ships of the type C3-S-A1. Unlike previous escort carriers, the ships had not yet been launched, which accelerated the conversion to aircraft carriers. A closed hangar was placed on the hull, which was connected to the wooden flight deck by two aircraft elevators. Anti-aircraft guns were housed at the bow and stern as well as on the side consoles.

Dimensions and drive

The Bogue- class girders were 141.7 meters long and 21.2 meters wide at the waterline. The overall length was 151.2 meters, the maximum width of the flight deck 34 meters. With a draft of 7.9 meters, the girder had an empty displacement of 7800 ts , the operational displacement was 15,400 ts.

Two water tube boilers with an operating pressure of 19.65 bar generated the steam for a single geared turbine , which delivered its output of 8,500 shaft horsepower to a single propeller . The maximum speed was 18 knots , with the 2,413 tons of fuel on board a range of 26,300 nautical miles at 15 knots and 22,500 nautical miles at 17 knots was achieved. The smoke outlets were a little aft of the center of the ship on both sides of the flight deck.

Armament

The armament of the Bogues originally consisted of two 127-mm guns on both sides at the stern, these were supplemented by 40-mm and 20-mm guns over the course of the service life . From 1943 on, eight 40-mm twins and 27 individual 20-mm guns were used for air defense. The Bogues were equipped with SG and SC radar right from the time they were commissioned , and from May 1943 the carriers also received an HF-DF system for submarine location.

Up to 28 aircraft could be carried on board. During the convoy protection operations there was usually a composite squadron with 24 aircraft on board, divided into 12 fighters of the type F4F Wildcat and 12 torpedo bombers TBF Avenger . For pure transport operations, however, 50 aircraft could be accommodated on the flight deck and 40 on the hangar deck.

Ships

First group

Bogue / Attacker class

• USS Altamaha (CVE-6) became HMS Battler (D18)
• USS Altamaha (CVE-18)
• USS Barnes (CVE-7) became HMS Attacker (D02)
• USS Barnes (CVE-20)
• USS Block Island (CVE-8) became HMS Hunter (D80)
• USS Block Island (CVE-21) was sunk by U-549 .
• USS Bogue (CVE-9)

• USS Breton (CVE-10) became HMS Chaser (D32)
• USS Breton (CVE-23)
• USS Card (CVE-11)
• USS Copahee (CVE-12)
• USS Core (CVE-13)
• USS Croatan (CVE-14) became HMS Fencer (D64)
• USS Croatan (CVE-25)
• USS Hamlin (CVE-15) became HMS Stalker (D91)
• USS Nassau (CVE-16)
• USS Prince William (CVE-19) became HMS Striker (D12)
• USS St. George (CVE-17) became HMS Pursuer (D73)
• HMS Ravager (D70)
• HMS Searcher (D40)
• HMS Tracker (D24)

Second group

Bogue / Ameer / Ruler / Prince William class

Corresponded to the Attacker class except for the armament.

• USS Baffins (CVE-35) became HMS Ameer (D01)
• USS Bastian (CVE-37) became HMS Trumpeter (D09)
• USS Bolinas (CVE-36) became HMS Begum (D38)
• USS Carnegie (CVE-38) became HMS Empress (D42)
• USS Chatham (CVE-32) became HMS Slinger (D26)
• USS Cordova (CVE-39) became HMS Khedive (D62)
• USS Delgada (CVE-40) became HMS Speaker (D90)
• USS Edisto (CVE-41) became HMS Nabob (D77)
• USS Estero (CVE-42) became HMS Premier (D23)
• USS Glacier (CVE-33) became HMS Atheling (D51)
• USS Jamaica (CVE-43) became HMS Shah (D21)
• USS Keweenaw (CVE-44) became HMS Patroller (D07)
• USS Niantic (CVE-46) became HMS Ranee (D03)
• USS Perdido (CVE-47) became HMS Trouncer (D85)
• USS Prince (CVE-45) became HMS Rajah (D10)
• USS Prince William (CVE-31)
• USS Pybus (CVE-34) became HMS Emperor (D98)
• USS St. Andrews (CVE-49) became HMS Queen (D19)
• USS St. Joseph (CVE-50) became HMS Ruler (D72)
• USS St. Simon (CVE-51) became HMS Arbiter (D31)
• USS Sunset (CVE-48) became HMS Thane (D48)
• USS Vermillion (CVE-52) became HMS Smiter (D55)
• USS Willapa (CVE-53) became HMS Puncher (D79)
• USS Winjah (CVE-54) became HMS Reaper (D82)

Web links

Commons : Bogue class  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Footnotes

1. ↑ Terzibaschitsch: aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Escort aircraft carrier Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7637-6200-0 . P. 42
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Terzibaschitsch: aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Escort aircraft carrier Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7637-6200-0 . P. 214f
3. ↑ ^{a b} Terzibaschitsch: aircraft carrier of the US Navy. Escort aircraft carrier Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 2001, ISBN 3-7637-6200-0 . P. 46
4. ^ Al Adcock: Escort Carriers in action , Warship Number 9, squadron / Signal publications, 1996, p. 10 f.