One of the Bogue-class escort carriers, USS Croatan (CVE-25) was commissioned 28 April, 1943. Transferred to the Atlantic after working up, Croatan was part of a hunter-killer group, prowling for U-boats above the Equator. Her group sank four U-boats from April to July, 1944, and two more in April, 1945. Croatan interspersed her ASW patrols with aircraft ferry work, training, and some escort missions, and was undergoing refit when the War ended. Decommissioned 20 May, 1946, Croatan was left in reserve until 1958, when she resumed ferry work with a civilian crew. In 1964-65 she was used by NASA for experiments, and she ferried US Army helicopters to Vietnam in 1965. Croatan was stricken from the Navy List 15 September, 1970, and sold for scrap the following year.