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Pert (PG 95)
ex-HMS Nepeta (K 290)

Pert call sign:
November - Zulu - Juliet - Papa
British Flower Class Corvette/Action Class Patrol Gunboat: Laid down 22 July 1942 as HMS Nepeta (K 290) by the Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Quebec, Canada; Launched, 27 November 1942; Commissioned USS Pert (PG-95), 23 July 1943 at Quebec; Decommissioned, 3 October 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945; Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 October 1946 for disposal; Sold into mercantile service to the United Boat Service, City Island, NY. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 925 t; Length 208'; Beam 33'; Draft 14' 7"; Speed 17k; Complement 87; Armament two 3"/50 gun mounts, four 20-mm, three .30 cal. Browning machine guns, two dct, four dcp ("K" guns), and one Hedge Hog added in 1943.
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Harold R. Coffman, Quartermaster, USCG Crew member February 1944 - October 1945 |
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