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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 by Georg-Seebeck AG Schiffswerft, Geestemünde, Germany (YN 236)

Completed as steam cargo vessel Favorita Doña Catalina for Arthur Koppel, Berlin, Germany, 1906

Sold to Santiago Ferrando, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1907

Sold to Instone Transport & Trading Co., Ltd., Cardiff, Wales, renamed Newston (British ON 139627), April 1918

Sold to Nordsee-Linie AG, Bremen, Germany, renamed Marie Kothe, 1923

Sold to Herman Schutte, Bremerhaven, Germany, renamed Mars, 04 October 1924

Sold to Harold C. Sleigh, Melbourne, NSW, renamed Marion Sleigh, December 1925

Sold to Alexander F. Watchlin, Auckland, NZ, coverted to diesel and renamed Port Whangarei, May 1932

Sold to C.G. White, Wellington, NZ (but retained Watchlin livery), October 1934

Requisitioned by the New Zealand government and turned over to US Navy, 30 October 1942

Commissioned USS Port Whangarei (YAG-25), 31 October 1942

Assigned to the South Pacific Theater, Service Squadron Eight at Noumea, New Caledonia

Decommissioned and returned to the government of New Zealand, 28 March 1944

Struck from the Naval Register, 08 April 1944

Transferred to Holm Shipping Co. Ltd., Wellington, NZ, renamed Holmburn, 24 November 1944

Sold to Emile Savoie, Noumea, New Caledonia, renamed Jacques Del Mar, 12 February 1954

Final Disposition, dragged anchor and drive ashore on reef, North Passage of Lord Howe Island, 19 July 1954

Specifications:
Displacement 508 gross tons, 286 net tons
Length 14' 3" waterline, 158' 0" overall
Beam 29' 7"
Draft 11' 3"
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion

two Fairbanks-Morse 10-cylinder diesel engines

twin propellers, 500bhp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Commercial Service
14202502	94k	*Port Whangarei* moored at Queen's Wharf, Wellington, NZ, probably during the 1930s. Photo posted by Brent Chambers on Ship's Nostalgia	Dave Wright
14202501	76k	*Holmburn*, date and location unknown. Photo from James D. Wilkinson/Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, NZ	Courtesy Flotilla Australia
14202503	98k	*Holmburn* heading down Otago harbor, 1950s. Photo posted by Brent Chambers on Ship's Nostalgia	Dave Wright

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DANFS history entry located at the Naval History & Heritage Command website

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

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Last Updated 27 February 2021