Description
Book Synopsis Designed to locate and sink German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9) became the most successful Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) carrier of World War II. This book covers the construction and commissioning of the Bogue, as well as the deployment of Naval Aviation composite squadrons that launched missions from the flight deck. Day-to-day operations are chronicled in comprehensive detail, along with developments in ASW tactics and the breaking of Germany''s Enigma Naval Code, which enabled U.S. Navy forces in the Atlantic to take the offensive.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Birth of the USS Bogue
- 2. Operational Training
- 3. First War Cruise
- 4. Second War Cruise
- 5. Third War Cruise
- 6. Fourth War Cruise
- 7. Fifth War Cruise
- 8. Sixth War Cruise
- 9. Seventh War Cruise
- 10. Eighth War Cruise
- 11. Ninth War Cruise
- 12. 10th War Cruise
- 13. 11th Cruise
- 14. The Last ASW Combat Cruise
- 15. Transport Duty
- 16. USS Bogue Legacy
- Appendix A. USS Bogue: Commanding Officers
- Appendix B.. USS Bogue: Executive Officers and Department Heads
- Appendix C. USS Bogue: Composite Squadrons (VC) Aboard
- Appendix D. USS Bogue: Presidential Unit Citation
- Appendix E. USS Bogue: Task Organization in the Atlantic 1943–45
- Appendix F. USS Bogue: Submarines Sunk or Contacted by Bogue Task Groups
- Appendix G. Chart of U-boat Losses 1939–1945
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
