Bogue Class, U.S. Escort Carriers (original) (raw)
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| Tonnage | 7800 tons standard displacement 15,700 tons displacement fully loaded |
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| Dimensions | 495'8" by 69'6" by 26' 151.08m by 21.03m by 7.92m |
| Maximum speed | 17 knots |
| Complement | 1250 |
| Aircraft | 439'11" (134.09 m) flight deck 1 catapult 2 6.5 ton elevators 28 aircraft |
| Armament | 2 5"/38 dual-purpose guns 10x1 20mm Oerlikon AA guns |
| Machinery | 1-shaft Allis-Chalmers geared turbine (8500 shp) 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers |
| Bunkerage | 3290 tons fuel oil 186,286 gallons (705,170 liters) aviation gasoline |
| Range | 26,000 nautical miles (48,000 km) at 15 knots |
| Sensors | SC search radar SG surface search radar |
| Modifications | By 1945: SC radar upgraded to SK radar. AA armament increased to 28 20mm guns and 10x2 40mm Bofors AA guns |
The Bogues were completed from 1942 on and were a mass-production implementation of the Long Island concept, with lessons learned. Based on Maritime Commission standard C3 hulls, and assigned standard type C3-S-A2, their construction took as little as 11 months, from keel laying to completion. They had an island and something like a real hangar, impressive cruising range, and surprisingly good sea keeping.
The typical air group was 16 fighters and 12 torpedo bombers. The ships sometimes functioned as aircraft transports, and in this role they could stow as many as 100 aircraft, a third in the hangar and the remainder on deck.
All were completed in Puget Sound shipyards, but some were sent to the Atlantic immediately after shaking down. We list only those units seeing actual service in the Pacific.
Units in the Pacific
| Copahee | completed 1942-6-15 (Bremerton) |
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| Nassau | completed 1942-8-20 (Bremerton) |
| Altamaha | completed 1942-9-15 (Bremerton) |
| Barnes | completed 1942-10-10 (Tacoma) |
| Breton | completed 1943-4-12 (Tacoma) |
| Prince William | completed 1943-4-29 (Bremerton) |
| Core | arrived 1945-6-20 |
| Bogue | arrived 1945-6-28 |
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