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YF-341
USCGC White Holly (WAGL / WLM-543)


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 - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter:
  • Laid down, 3 August 1943, at Basalt Rock Company, Napa CA.
  • Launched, 8 April 1944
  • Placed in service as YF-341, 6 June 1944, allocated to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor, T.H. where she supplied naval ships with ammunition
  • 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), 1 December 1947
  • Redesignated (WLM-543), in 1968
  • Decommissioned, 30 September 1998
  • Donated to the Canvasback Missions, Inc., in 1999
  • Sold to Seamen's Training Center, Vallejo, CA. in 2002 to serve as a the Maritime Industry Training Vessel M/V White Holly
  • Re-designation R/V White Holly in her new roll as an Oceanographic Research and Training Vessel
  • Current Disposition, active in service
    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 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
    There is no DANFS history for YF-341 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    The CG History Center
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - White Holly, 1947 WAGL / WLM-543; YF-341
    Seamen's Training Center
    Research Vessel R/V WHITE HOLLY
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