HMS Begum (D38)

History
United States
Name	USS Bolinas
Builder	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	3 August 1942
Launched	11 November 1942
Commissioned	22 July 1943
Decommissioned	1 August 1943
Fate	Transferred to Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Begum
Commissioned	2 August 1943
Decommissioned	26 February 1946
Identification	Pennant number:D38
Fate	Sold as merchant ship; scrapped in 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Bogue-class escort carrier (US) Ruler-class escort carrier (UK)
Displacement	15,390 tons
Length	494 ft (151 m)
Beam	69 ft 6 in (21.18 m)
Draught	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion	Steam turbines, 1 shaft, 8,500 shp (6,338 kW)
Speed	18.5 knots (34.3 km/h)
Complement	646 officers and men
Armament	2 × 4"/50, 5"/38 or 5"/51 guns 8 × twin 40 mm Bofors 35 × single 20 mm Oerlikon
Aircraft carried	24

USS Bolinas (CVE-36) (originally AVG-36, then later ACV-36) was an escort carrier launched 11 November 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding, Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. G. B. Sherwood, wife of Commander Sherwood; and commissioned 22 July 1943, Captain H. L. Meadow in command.