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| Career |   |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | 15 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 22 May 1942 |
| Commissioned (RN): | 9 January 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 February 1946 |
| Fate: | merchant ship, scrapped 1974 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 9,800 tons |
| Length: | 496 ft |
| Beam: | 69.5 ft |
| Draft: | 26 ft |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots |
| Complement: | 646 officers and men |
| Armament: | 2 x 4-inch gun, 2 x 40mm Bofors, 35 x 20mm Oerlikon |
| Aircraft: | 24 |
The USS Bolinas (CVE-36) (originally AVG-36, then later ACV-36) was an escort aircraft carrier launched 11 November 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. G. B. Sherwood, wife of Commander Sherwood; and commissioned 22 July 1943, Captain H. L. Meadow in command.
On 2 August 1943 after being decommissioned Bolinas was transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-Lease and renamed HMS Begum. Begum served with the Royal Navy during World War II and after her return was declared surplus by the U. S. Navy. She was sticken for disposal 19 June 1946 and sold by the Navy into merchant service 16 April 1947 as Raki and later I Yung. She was scrapped in Taiwan in March 1974.
