BOGUE CLASS (10 ships)
ALTAMAHA (CVE 18, May 22, 1942)
BARNES (CVE 20, May 22, 1942)
BOGUE [ pic
] (CVE 9, Jan. 15, 1942)
BRETON (CVE 23, June 27, 1942)
CARD (CVE 11, Feb. 21,1942)
COPAHEE (CVE 12, ex- Steel Architect,
Oct. 21, 1941)
CORE (CVE 13, May 15, 1942)
CROATAN (CVE 25, Aug. 3, 1942)
NASSAU (CVE 16, April 4, 1942)
PRINCE WILLIAM (CVE 31, Aug. 23,
1942) |
Displacement: 7,800 tons
(except Prince William, 8,300tons)
Complement: 650
Length: 465 ft (p.p.), 494
ft (o.a.)
(Prince William 492 x 70 x 25.5)
Beam: 65.5 ft
Draught: 23.4 ft
Aircraft: 21
12 fighters
9 torpedo-bombers
Guns:
1 or 2 - 5 inch, 51 cal
16 - 40 mm Bofors
20 - 20 mm Oerlikon
Armour:
Machinery: Westinghouse geared turbines. 2 shafts. B.H.P.:
8,500 = 16 kts. |
