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USS Impulse (PG 68)



Impulse call sign:
Nan - George - Charlie - Mike

ex-HMS Begonia (K 66)


Impulse served the Navies of the Great Britain and the United States.
British Flower Class Corvette/Temptress Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down as HMS Begonia (K 66) by Cook, Welton, and Gemmill, Hull (Beverly), England; Launched, 18 September 1940; Transferred to the U.S. Navy and commissioned USS Impulse (PG-68), 10 March 1942 at London, England; Decommissioned, 22 August 1945 at Harwich, England and returned to the Royal Navy; Sold 22 July 1946 and renamed Begonlock; Renamed Fundiciones Molinao in 1949; Renamed Astiluzu in 1951; Renamed Mero in 1956. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,375 t.; Length 205' 2"; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 87; Armament one 4"/50 gun mount, one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount, two 20mm gun mounts and two dct; Propulsion two 225psi Scotch boilers, one 2,750ihp Charles D. Holmes verticle triple expansion engine, one shaft.

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HMS Begonia (K 66)
Impulse 72k c. 1941
Line drawing of HMS Begonia		 Joe Radigan
USS Impulse (PG 68)
Impulse 29k . Walter Laurence Welch
via David L. Welch
Impulse 116k 27 August 1942
U.S. Navy photo		 Joe Radigan
Impulse 74k 27 August 1942
U.S. Navy photo		 Joe Radigan
Impulse 106k 27 August 1942
U.S. Navy photo		 Joe Radigan
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