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USS BOLINAS (CVE-36) / HMS BEGUM (D38)

CLASS - BOGUE
Displacement 7,800 Tons, Dimensions, 495' 8" (oa) x 69' 6" x 26' (Max)
Armament 2 x 5"/51 4 x 40mm, 10 x 20mm, 28 Aircraft.
Machinery, 8,500 SHP; Allis-Chambers, Geared Turbines, 1 screw
Speed, 17.5 Knots, Crew 890.

Fate: April 1947: Sold for commercial service and converted to cargo ship, renamed Raki (Dutch flag). 1966: Sold to C. Y. Tung, Hong Kong, renamed I Yung. April 1974: Scrapped at Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
NS0303601	91k	Good low level image showing details of this class.	IWM
NS0303602	61k	HMS *Begum* serving with the Eastern Fleet in 1944. Avengers and Wildcats of 832 Squadron are on deck.	Haze Gray & Underway
Commercial Service
NS0303603	134k	SS *Raki, ex-HMS Begum, ex-USS Bolinas* (CVE-36), of the Nederland Line circa 1964. Note the prominent fairlead at the top of the stem. Photo and text from Merchant Ships of World War II: A Post War Album, by Victor Young.	Robert Hurst
For more photos and information about this ship, see: Commanding Officers of USS Bolinas (CVE-36)

HMS BEGUM (D38) History, ex-USS BOLINAS (CVE-36)
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