USS Core (CVE-13)
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| Laid down: | 2 January 1942 |
| Launched: | 15 May 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 10 December 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 4 October 1946 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7,800 tons |
| Length: | 495.7 ft (151.1 m) |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft (21.2 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
| Complement: | 890 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 × 5 inch guns |
USS Core (CVE-13), a Bogue-class escort carrier named for the Core Sound in North Carolina, was originally classified AVG-13, but was reclassified ACV-13, 20 August 1942; CVE-13, 15 July 1943; CVHE-13, 12 June 1955; CVU-13, 1 July 1958; and T-AKV-41, 7 May 1959. She was launched 15 May 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding of Tacoma, Washington, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by Mrs. B. B. Smith, wife of Lieutenant Commander Smith; acquired by the Navy, 1 May 1942; and commissioned 10 December 1942, Captain M. R. Greer in command.
Clearing Puget Sound 6 February 1943, Core qualified pilots in carrier operations off San Diego, then sailed on to the east coast, arriving at Norfolk 11 April. She continued to train pilots in Chesapeake Bay until 27 June when she sortied as the nucleus of TG 21.12, a hunter-killer group. Such groups, providing cover for the movement of convoys, made a contribution of great significance to winning the Battle of the Atlantic, and the innovation represented by their formation was a marked advance in antisubmarine warfare. Planes from Core worked in coordination with accompanying destroyers scoring a number of successful attacks. Her planes sank U-487 on 13 July 1943, at 27°15′N 34°18′W / 27.250°N 34.300°W, and U-67 on 16 July at 30°05′N 44°17′W / 30.083°N 44.283°W. One of her escorts, George E. Badger, sank U-613 on 23 July, at 35°32′N 28°36′W / 35.533°N 28.600°W. Core returned to Norfolk 31 July from a most successful first patrol.
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