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USS Port Whangarei (YAG-25)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Self-propelled Steel-hulled Miscellaneous Auxiliary Service Craft:
  • Built in 1906 as Favorita Dona Cataline by Georg-Seebeck AG Schiffswerft, Geestemünde, Germany for Arthur Koppel, Berlin, Germany
  • Sold in 1907 to S. Ferrando, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Sold in 1918 to Instone Transport & Trading Co.New Zealand, renamed Newston
  • Sold in 1923 to Nordsee Linie AG, renamed Marie Kothe
  • Sold, 4 October 1924 to Herman Schutte, renamed Mars
  • Sold in 1926 to Harold C. Sleigh, Sydney NSW, renamed Marion Sleigh
  • Converted to a motorship in 1932
  • Sold in 1932 to Alexander F. Watchlin, Auckland, N.Z., renamed Port Whangarei
  • Requisitioned by the New Zealand government, 30 October 1942, and turned over to the US Navy
  • Commissioned USS Port Whangarei (YAG-25), 31 October 1942
  • Port Whangarei was assigned to the South Pacific Theater, Service Squadron Eight at Noumea, New Caledonia
  • Decommissioned, 28 March 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 April 1944 and returned to the government of New Zealand
  • Transferred 24 November 1944 to Holm Shipping Co. Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand, renamed Holmburn:
  • Sold, 12 February 1954 to Emile Savoie, renamed Jacques Del Mar
  • Final Disposition, wrecked, 19 July 1954 in the North Passage of Lord Howe Island
    Specifications:
    Displacement 500 t.
    Length 158'
    Beam 31'
    Draft 11'
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion two Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder diesels, twin propellers, 194nhp
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