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USS Kohi (YAG-27)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Self-propelled Wooden-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:

Built by G.T. Niccol, Auckland, NZ

Completed for Capt. Somerville as sailing deck scow Cead-mile-failte (Gaelic for "a hundred thousand welcomes") (British ON 130086), 1911

Sold to James E. and William Biddick, Auckland, NZ, renamed Kohi, 1914

Sold to Tasman Bay Shipping, Co., Ltd., Nelson, NZ, 1920s

Acquired by the US Navy from the New Zealand government under reverse Lend-Lease, 17 November 1942

Designated District Miscellaneous Auxiliary and commissioned USS Kohi (YAG-27) at Auckland, same day

Assigned to Task Force 35, South Pacific Service Force, operating out of Auckland

Decommissioned at Auckland, NZ, and returned to the New Zealand government, 14 March 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 25 March 1944

Sold to Eckford Shipping Co., Blenheim, NZ, 1945

Sold to Parry Brothers, Auckland, NZ, 1948

Sold to Sullivan Shipping Co., date unknown

Reported as in use as a derelict landing at Westhaven Inlet, south of Cape Farewell on west coast of South Island, NZ, 1975

Still at Westhaven into 2008

Final disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 99 gross tons, 20 net tons
Length 92' 6"
Beam 27' 6"
Draft 4' 2"
Speed unknown
Complement

Officers 2

Enlisted 12
Armament

one .50 cal. machine gun
Propulsion

two Diesel engines, 90hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
14202701	418k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27)** moored pierside at Auckland, NZ, November 1942.	Warren Aldous
14202702	105k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27)** anchored off Noumea, New Caledonia, date unknown.	Warren Aldous
14202703	94k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27)** unloading barrels of fuel, date unknown.	Warren Aldous
14202704	143k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27)**'s .50 cal machine gun.	Warren Aldous
14202705	625k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27)** crewmembers at Auckland, November 1942	Warren Aldous
14202706	199k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27) crewmembers MoMM1/c Vito 'Art' Marinelli and GM3/c Neil J. McKenzie, at Auckland, October 1942. Art Marinelli joined the Kohi after he survived the sinking of USS Wasp (CV-7). Another crew member, EM2/c Robert E. King, survived the sinking of USS Quincy (CA-39) before joining the Kohi** crew. Most of the crew were off the ships sunk in September 1942.	Warren Aldous
14202707	129k	*USS Kohi* (YAG-27)** moored, date and location unknown.	Warren Aldous

USS Kohi (YAG-27)
DANFS history entry located at the Naval History and Heritage Command website

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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