| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Escort carrier |
| Class | Bogue |
| Pennant | CVE 9 |
| Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 1 Oct 1941 |
| Launched | 15 Jan 1942 |
| Commissioned | 26 Sep 1942 |
| End service | 30 Nov 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 30 November 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Bogue (CVE 9)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Capt. Giles Ezra Short, USN | 26 Sep 1942 | 9 Jul 1943 |
| 2 | Capt. Joseph Brantley Dunn, USN | 9 Jul 1943 | 2 Jul 1944 |
| 3 | Capt. Aurelius Bartlett Vosseller, USN | 2 Jul 1944 | 5 Oct 1944 |
| 4 | Capt. George John Dufek, USN | 5 Oct 1944 | 7 Sep 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Bogue include:
22 May 1943
The German submarine U-569 was scuttled by her own crew in the North Atlantic, in position 50º40'N, 35º21'W, after being badly damaged by depth charges from 2 Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)
5 Jun 1943
The German submarine U-217 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic, in position 30º18'N, 42º50'W by depth charges from Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)
12 Jun 1943
The German submarine U-118 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic west of the Canary Islands, in position 30º49'N, 33º49'W by depth charges from eight Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)
23 Jul 1943
The German submarine U-527 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic south of the Azores during support of U-648, in position 35º25'N, 27º56'W, by depth charges from Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Bogue (see map)
13 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26º29'N, 29º58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont. (see map)
20 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-850 was sunk in the mid-Atlantic west of Madeira, in position 32º54'N, 37º01'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from 5 Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)
13 Mar 1944
The German submarine U-575 was sunk in the north Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 46º18'N, 27º34'W, by depth charges from the Canadian frigate HMCS Prince Rupert, the US destroyer USS Hobson the US destroyer escort USS Haverfield and by depth charges from a British Wellington and Fortress aircraft (Sqdn. 172/B and 206/R and 220/J) and Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)
24 Jun 1944
During the night of 23 / 24 June 1944 Avenger aircraft from USS Bogue sink the Japanese submarine I-52 (offsite link) with acoustic homing torpedo's in the Atlantic about 850 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands in approximate position 15º16'N, 39º55'W. (see map)
20 Aug 1944
The German submarine U-1229 was sunk in the North Atlantic south-east of Newfoundland, in position 42º20'N, 51º39'W, by depth charges and rockets from 3 Avenger and 2 Wildcat aircraft (VC-42) of the US escort carrier USS Bogue. (see map)