USSPert

History
United Kingdom
Name	Nepeta
Builder	Morton Engineering & Dry Dock Co.,Quebec City
Laid down	22 July 1942 as CN314
Launched	27 November 1942
Identification	Pennant number:K290
Fate	Transferred to theUS Navy
United States
Name	Pert
Commissioned	23 July 1943
Decommissioned	3 October 1945
Stricken	24 October 1945
Fate	Sold into mercantile service 18 October 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Action-classpatrol boat
Displacement	1,375 long tons (1,397 t)
Length	205 ft (62 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	14 ft 7 in (4.45 m)
Propulsion	Two 3-drum express boilers, 2,750ihp vertical triple expansion Canadian Vickers engine, one shaft.
Speed	16.5kn(19.0 mph; 30.6 km/h)
Complement	90
Armament	2 ×3 "/50 dual purposegun mounts 4 ×20 mmgun mounts 3 ×.30 cal (7.62 mm)Browning machine guns 1 ×Hedgehog 4 ×depth chargeguns 2 × depth charge chutes

USSPert(PG-95),the secondUnited States Navyship of that name, was one of eightCanadian-builtcorvettesturned over to the U.S. Navy for operation by theUnited States Coast Guard.She was laid down by Morton Engineering and Dry Dock Co., Ltd.,Quebec,Canada,22 July 1942; launched 27 November 1942; and commissioned at Quebec 23 July 1943.

Pertremained at Quebec until 7 September; thence, she sailed withUSSPrudentviaHalifaxtoBostonwhere she arrived 18 September. After fitting out, she carried out an intensive shakedown offBermudaearly in November. Returning to New York 20 November, she was assigned to the Eastern Sea Frontier, and began convoy escort patrols 28 November.

Between 28 November and 4 December,Pertscreened Convoy NG-401 fromNew York CitytoGuantanamo Bay,Cuba.On 2 December she carried out adepth chargeattack against a suspectedsubmarinewithout results. The gunboat made the return run to New York 9–17 December, and on 23 December she joined the screen of her next Cuban-bound convoy, NG-406.

During the remainder of the warPertcontinued her important escort and patrol operations along the East Coast and into theCaribbean.Based atTompkinsville,N.Y.,she served with sister gunboats includingUSSActionandImpulse.Their outstanding performance helped lessen the threat of U-boats against Allied shipping. Moreover, they permitted the largerdestroyertypes to wage aggressive hunter-killer patrols against the German submarines.

Following the defeat of theAxis powers,Pertoperated out of the3d Naval Districtuntil 3 October 1945 when she decommissioned. Her name was struck from theNaval Vessel Registeron 24 October 1945. Transferred to theMaritime Commissionon 18 October 1946, she was immediately delivered to her buyer, United Boat Service Co. of City Island, N.Y.

Ex-Pertwas renamedOlympic Leaderin 1950. Sold to a Japanese company, she was renamedOtori Maru No. 1in 1956, andKyo Maru No. 15in 1957.

References

This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.The entry can be foundhere.