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YF-417
USCGC White Alder (WAGL / WLM-541)


YF-417 was transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II, named USCGC White Alder (WAGL-541)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Laid down in 1942, at Niagara Shipbuilding Co. in Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Placed in service as YF-417 in November 1943
  • 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 Alder (WAGL-541), 19 September 1947
  • Redesignated (WLM-541), mid-1960s
  • Sunk by collision, 7 December 1968, on the Mississippi River at mile 195.3 above Head of Passes near White Castle, LA. with the loss of 17 crew members
    Specifications:
    Displacement 600 t.
    Length 132' 10"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8' 9" max.
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    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 Alder (WLM-541)
    YF-416 88k USCGC White Alder (WLM-541) pulling away from the north end of the industrial pier at CG Base New Orleans, circa 1950s.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 Photo - US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    Caption - Bryan Fisher RMC, USCG
    YF-416 54k USCGC White Alder (WLM-541) at Lake Pontchartrain, 4 December 1968 during her successful attempt to refloat USCGC Loganberry (WLI-65305D).
    US Coast Guard photo # 8CGD 120468-12.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    There is no DANFS history for YF-417 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The CG History Center
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - White Alder, 1947 WLM / WAGL-541; YF-417
    USCGC White Alder Memorial Page
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    Last Updated 19 July 2013