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{{short description|Bogue-class American escort aircraft carrier}}
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|Ship caption=USS ''Bogue'' (CVE-9), near [[Norfolk, Virginia]] on 20 June 1943
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1942}}
|Ship name= ''Steel Advocate''
|Ship owner = [[War Shipping Administration]] (WSA)
|Ship operator = [[Isthmian Steamship Company]]
|Ship awarded= 30 September 1940
|Ship ordered = as type ([[Type C3-class ship|C3-S-A1 hull]]), [[Maritime Commission|MC]] hull 170 {{sfn|Gerhardt}}
|Ship builder= [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], Washington
|Ship original cost= $3,733,124
|Ship yard number= 9
|Ship way number= 1
|Ship laid down=1 October 1941
|Ship launched=15 January 1942
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|Ship fate=Allocated to the [[United States Navy]], 1 May 1942
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}}
|Ship name= ''Bogue''
|Ship namesake=[[Bogue Sound]], North Carolina
|Ship acquired= 1 May 1942
|Ship commissioned=26 September 1942
|Ship decommissioned=30 November 1946
|Ship reclassified= * ACV, 20 August 1942
* CVE, 15 July 1943
* CVHE, 12 June 1955
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|Ship struck=1 March 1959
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|Ship identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Aircraft carrier type|Hull symbol]]: AVG-9
*ACV-9
*CVE-9
*CVHE-9
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]: NENI
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|Ship honors=*3 × [[Service star#Navy warships|battle star]]s
*[[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|Presidential Unit Citation]]
|Ship fate=Scrapped, 1960
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|Ship complement=890 officers and enlisted
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'''USS ''Bogue'' (AVG/ACV/CVE/CVHE-9)''' was the lead ship in the {{sclass|Bogue|escort carrier|4}} of [[escort carrier]]s in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. The ship was named for [[Bogue Sound]] in [[North Carolina]].

Originally classified '''AVG-9''', this was changed to '''ACV-9''' on 20 August 1942; '''CVE-9''' on 15 July 1943 and '''CVHE-9''', on 12 June 1955. She was part of an effective force, where aircraft operating from ''Bogue'' or ships escorting the carrier claimed ten German and two Japanese [[submarines]] between May 1943 and July 1945.

==Construction==
''Bogue'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 1 October 1941, as ''Steel Advocate'' under [[Maritime Commission]] contract, MC hull #170, by [[Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding]], in [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]], Washington.  She was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 15 January 1942 sponsored by Mrs W. Miller, the wife of Lieutenant Commander Miller, transferred to the [[United States Navy]] on the 1 May 1942 and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] on the 26 September 1942.{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

==Aircraft carried==
''Bogue'' had capacity for up to 24 [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] and [[anti-submarine]] aircraft normally a mixture of [[Grumman]]; [[Grumman Wildcat|Wildcat]] and [[Grumman Avenger|Avengers]] with composition dependent upon mission. The squadron had the callsign [[VC-9]] (Composite Squadron Nine).  When she was utilised in a ferry role, she could carry up to 90 aircraft depending on aircraft type.

==Service history==
After a [[shakedown cruise]] and repair period, ''Bogue'' joined the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet|Atlantic Fleet]] in February 1943. Although she escorted convoys early in her career, she served principally as the nucleus of independent, highly successful [[anti-submarine]] [[Hunter-killer Group|hunter-killer groups]] for [[Atlantic Theater aircraft carrier operations during World War II|Atlantic theater carrier operations]].{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

===1943===
During March and April, she made three [[North Atlantic]] crossings, departing on her fourth crossing on 22 April. On 21 May, her Avengers damaged {{GS|U-231}} and the resulting chlorine gas leak knocked out both of the boat’s radio transmitters forcing the boat to return to  [[La Pallice]] in [[occupied France]].

''Bogue'' claimed her first kill on 22 May, when [[depth charge]]s dropped by one of her Avengers damaged {{GS|U-569||2}} at {{coord|50|40|N|35|21|W|}}. The Captain ordered his crew to scuttle the boat and 24 of the crew were later captured by the Canadian destroyer {{HMCS|St. Laurent|H83|2}}.

On 5 June, {{GS|U-217||2}} was sunk at {{coord|30|18|N|42|50|W|}} with all hands by depth charges dropped by ''Bogue'''s Avengers near the [[Mid-Atlantic Ridge]].

On 12 June, the already damaged {{GS|U-118|1941|2}} was sunk by aircraft from ''Bogue'' with bombs and gunfire, at {{coord|30|49|N|33|49|W}}{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}{{sfn|Cressman|2000|pp=345–346}} 16 of the boat's crew were picked up by the escort vessel {{USS|Osmond Ingram|DD-255|6}}.

On 23 July, during her seventh patrol, her aircraft sank {{GS|U-527||2}} at {{coord|35|25|N|27|56|W|}}.  Twelve survivors were picked up by {{USS|Clemson|DD-186|6}} and later transferred to ''Bogue''.  The [[destroyer]] {{USS|George E. Badger|DD-196|2}}, part of ''Bogue''{{'}}s escort screen, sank {{GS|U-613||2}} at {{coord|35|32|N|28|36|W}}, while she was en route to lay [[Naval mine|mine]]s off the coast of [[Jacksonville, Florida]].{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}{{sfn|Cressman|2000|p=365}}

''Bogue''{{'}}s eighth patrol.  On 30 November, aircraft from ''Bogue'' damaged {{GS|U-238||2}} east of the [[Azores]] with [[3.5-Inch Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket|rockets]] that killed two crew members and wounded five more, prompting the submarine to return to Brest with damage that put the boat out of service for a month.{{sfn|Cressman|2000|p=414}}

On 12 December, {{GS|U-172||2}} was sunk on 13 December, in mid-[[Atlantic]] west of the Canary Islands by Avenger and Wildcat aircraft and attacks from the destroyers ''George E. Badger'', ''Clemson'', ''Osmond Ingram'' and {{USS|Du Pont|DD-152|3}}. The battle between ''U-172'' and the ships and aircraft lasted for 27 hours. ''U-172'' sank at {{coord|26|19|N|29|58|W|}}.,{{sfn|Cressman|2000|p=418}} thirteen of ''U-172''{{'}}s crew were killed and 46 survived.

===1944===
''Bogue'' had a break from her anti-submarine operations during January and February, when she ferried a cargo of [[United States Army]] fighter aircraft to [[Glasgow]].

She then returned to her anti-submarine role. On 13 March, her Avengers, from [[VC-95]], along with British [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Fortress Mk II]]s from [[No. 220 Squadron RAF|220 Squadron]], the destroyers {{USS|Haverfield|DE-393|2}} and {{USS|Hobson|DD-464|2}}, and the [[Royal Canadian Navy|RCN]] {{sclass2|River|frigate|1}} {{HMCS|Prince Rupert|K324|2}} collectively sank {{GS|U-575||2}} at {{coord|46|18|N|27|34|W|}}.{{sfn|Cressman|2000|p=459}}{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

On 5 May, ''Bogue'' and her escorts departed [[Hampton Roads, Virginia]], for a cruise that netted two more submarines and lasted until 2 July. {{USS|Francis M. Robinson|DE-220|2}}, of the screen, sank the {{Jsub|RO-501}} (ex-German ''U-1224'') on 13 May, and ''Bogue''{{'}}s Avengers sank the Japanese submarine {{Jsub|I-52|1943|2}} at {{coord|15|16|N|39|55|W|}}, on 24 June, in a [[torpedo]] attack, dropping a [[Mark 24 FIDO Torpedo|Mark 24 "mine"]]. The Mark 24, code-name "Fido" and designated a "mine" for secrecy reasons. {{sfn|Cressman|2000|p=503}}{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

During the next deployment from 24 July to 24 September, ''Bogue''{{'}}s aircraft sank German submarine, {{GS|U-1229||2}}, on 20 August at {{coord|42|20|N|51|39|W|}}.{{sfn|Cressman|2000|p=527}}{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

Following her return in September, ''Bogue'' operated on training missions out of [[Bermuda]] and [[Quonset Point, Rhode Island]].

===1945===
In February she completed a ferry trip to [[Liverpool]] with [[US Army]] Aircraft.{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

In April, ''Bogue'' 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, her escort {{USS|Frederick C. Davis|DE-136|2}} was torpedoed and sunk by {{GS|U-546||2}}. ''Bogue''{{'}}s accompanying escorts, {{USS|Flaherty|DE-135|2}}, {{USS|Neunzer|DE-150|2}}, {{USS|Chatelain|DE-149|2}}, {{USS|Varian|DE-798|2}}, {{USS|Hubbard|DE-211|2}}, {{USS|Janssen|DE-396|2}}, {{USS|Pillsbury|DE-133|2}} and {{USS|Keith|DE-241|2}} sank ''U-546'' at {{coord|43|53|N|40|07|W}}.{{sfn|Cressman|2000|pp=667–668}}

With the war in the [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]] over, ''Bogue'' moved to the [[Pacific War|Pacific]], arriving at [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] on 3 July. She then steamed westward to [[Guam]], arriving on 24 July, then to [[Adak, Alaska]], from 19 August to 6 September, then joined the "[[Operation Magic Carpet]]" fleet returning servicemen from the Pacific islands.

==Post War and decommissioning==
She was placed out of commission in reserve on 30 November 1946, at Tacoma, Washington{{sfn|DANFS|2006}} and redesignated '''CVHE-9''', on the 12 June 1955 and struck from the [[Navy list]] on 1 March 1959.{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

In 1960, she was sold to the Hyman-Michaels Company, of [[Chicago]], Illinois, and towed from [[Bremerton]] to [[Everett, Washington|Everett]], Washington, for scrapping.{{sfn|Yarnall|2019}}

==Awards==
''Bogue'' received a [[Presidential Unit Citation (US)|Presidential Unit Citation]] and three [[Service star#Navy warships|battle star]]s for her [[World War II]] service.{{sfn|DANFS|2006}}

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|USS Bogue (CVE-9)}}
* {{navsource|03/009|Bogue}}
*[https://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=1853 USS ''Bogue'' at World War II Database]
*[http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cve9.txt USS ''Bogue'' at Haze Gray & Underway]
*[http://www.uboat.net/allies/ships/hunter.htm Hunter-Killer Groups]
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