Following the war, ten Bogue-class ships were kept in service by the US Navy and were reclassified for helicopter and aircraft transport operations.

Following the war, those ships that served with the Royal Navy were returned to the United States and were either scrapped or converted for mercantile use.

The Bogue-class escort carriers were based on the Maritime Commission's Type C3 cargo ships hull.

[4] The previous Long Island and Charger-class escort carriers had suffered from reliability issues with their diesel engines [dubious – discuss] so it was decided that the Bogues would use two water-tube boilers, built by Foster-Wheeler, feeding steam to an Allis-Chalmers steam turbine engine connected to a single shaft.

Aircraft facilities consisted of a small combined bridge–flight control island on the forward starboard side of the ship.

The Attacker class ships had their conversions carried out in drydocks in United Kingdom, but due to these ports being overwhelmed 19 of the 23 ships of the Ameer class were converted by Burrard Dry Dock at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

These included extending the flight deck, fitting redesigned flying controls and fighter direction layout, modifications to the hangar, accommodation and store rooms, extra safety measures, oiling at sea arrangements, gunnery and other internal communications, extra wireless and radio facilities, ship blackout arrangements and other changes necessary for British service.

[11] The consequential delays in getting these ships into active service caused critical comments from some in the US Navy.