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YN-89 / AN-76 Satinwood
HMS Pretext (Z-284)
HMNZS Endeavour


Satinwood was Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom as HMS Pretext (Z-284), later HMNZS Endeavour
Ailanthus Class Net Laying Ship:
  • Laid down, 1 May 1943, as Yard Net Tender Satinwood (YN-89) at American Car and Foundry Co., Wilmington, DE.
  • Reclassified Net Laying Ship (AN-76), 17 January 1944
  • Launched, 23 May 1944
  • Delivered to the Navy, 5 August 1944
  • Transferred under Lend Lease to the United Kingdom 5 August 1944
  • Commissioned as boom defense vessel HMS Pretext (Z-284)
  • Custody returned to the US Navy, 22 November 1945, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 26 March 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Sold, 20 July 1947 by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) to Falkland Island Dependencies Survey
  • Converted to a Survey Ship and renamed John Briscoe
  • Renamed RRS Pretext, June 1956
  • Acquired by Royal New Zealand Navy, 15 August 1956
  • Refitted by John L Thornycroft and Co., Ltd, for Antarctic service
  • Commissioned HMNZS Endeavour
  • Decommissioned in 1962
  • Sold in June 1962 for commercial to Mayhaven Shipping Co. refitted as a Sealer, renamed Arctic Endeavour
  • Final Disposition, 11 November 1982, sunk or foundered at Catalina, Newfoundland
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,190 t.(fl)
    Length 194' 6"
    Beam 37'
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 56
    Armament one single 3"/50 gun mount, four twin 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel electric, 2,500hp
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    Satinwood 43k HMNZS Endeavour returning to her berth at Wellington, N.Z., date unknown. Photo Courtesy David J. Robertson, RNZN Communicators Association
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