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USCGC White Holly (WLM-543)
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 USCGC White Holly (WAGL-543) (1947 - 1968)
YF-341 (1944 - 1946)


USCGC White Holly - International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Bravo - Papa
 NARA

YF-341 was transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II, named USCGC White Holly (WAGL-543)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Built by Basalt Rock Co., Napa, CA
  • Laid down, 03 August 1943
  • Launched, 08 April 1944
  • Placed in service as YF-341, 06 June 1944
  • Sailed San Francisco to Pearl Harbor in company with Quapaw (ATF-110), 21 June -04 July 1944
  • Assigned to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, TH, where she supplied naval ships with ammunition, 1944-46
  • Placed out of service in 1946
  • Acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 July 1947
  • Commissioned, as the Coastal Buoy Tender USCGC White Holly (WAGL-543), 01 December 1947
  • Redesignated (WLM-543), 1968
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1998
  • Donated to the Canvasback Missions, Inc., as White Holly (ON 1152166), 1999
  • Sold to Seamen's Training Center, Vallejo, CA, to serve as a the Maritime Industry Training Vessel M/V White Holly, 2002
  • Redesignated R/V White Holly in her new role as an Oceanographic Research and Training Vessel
  • Later sold to White Holly Expeditions, LLC
  • Current Disposition, for sale at Fernandina Beach, FL, as of August 2016
    Specifications:
    Displacement 600 tons
    Length 132' 10"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8' 9" max.
    Speed 10.5 knots
    Range 2,830 mile range at 7.5 kts. (1948)
    Armament none
    ComplementUSCG - 1 Warrant Officer, 20 Enlisted (1948)
    Propulsion
    As Built - diesel, twin screws
    1974 - Diesel electric; 2 x direct-reversible 06 Union diesels; 600 BHP; twin propellers; 3 rudders (as launched); 2 x Caterpillar D-353-E diesel engines
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    USCGC White Holly (WLM-543)
    YF-341 17k USCGC White Holly (WLM-543) underway in 1964, in Alaskan waters.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    YF-341 24k USCGC White Holly(WLM-543) underway off Juneau, Alaska, 10 September 1968.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    YF-341 41k USCGC White Holly (WLM-543) underway off Juneau, Alaska, 10 September 1968.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    YF-341 78k USCGC White Holly (WLM-543) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    R/V White Holly
    YF-341 91k R/V White Holly moored at Fernadina Beach, FL, August 2016. Tim Gustafson
    YF-341 43k R/V White Holly moored at Fernadina Beach, FL, August 2016. Tim Gustafson
    YF-341 58k R/V White Holly's "award board," reflecting her USN and USCG service. Tim Gustafson
    YF-341 63k R/V White Holly's builders' plaque, fitting made out of a slab of basalt. Tim Gustafson
    There is no DANFS history for YF-341 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - White Holly, 1947 WAGL / WLM-543; YF-341
    Research Vessel R/V WHITE HOLLY
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    Last Updated 12 September 2016