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PG-60 Beaumont
Built in 1930 at Friedrich Krupp Germania Werke, Kiel, Germany as the steel-hulled yacht Reveler; later renamed Charlena, again renamed Carola; Purchased from her owner by the US Navy, 23 January 1942; Converted to a Patrol Gunboat at Gibbs Engine Co., Jacksonville, FL; Commissioned USS Beaumont (PG-60), 22 June 1942; Decommissioned, 19 February 1946 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; ; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 20 February 1947; Sold, (date unknown); Renamed Jezebel; Sold, (date unknown) to J. Paul Getty, Jr.; Overhauled at Plymouth, England in 1993 and renamed Talitha G. She is still active as a private yacht.
Specifications: Displacement 1,021 t; Length 226'; Beam 34' 11"; Draft 12' 8"; Speed 16.5 kts; Complement 90; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts; Propulsion (1994) two 1,400 hp Caterpillar diesel engines.
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Seen as the yacht "Carola" before conversion to USS Beaumont. It is of a postcard, the back is inscribed "Mrs. McCann's Diesel-Motor Yacht, 'Chalena'." My uncle George C. White was the Chief Hospital Corpsman
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c. 1943 |
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c. 1994 Talitha G |
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c. 1994 Talitha G |
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c. 2003. The Battered Bull and Talitha G at the International Yacht Club, Antibes, France |
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