The MV White Holly was a 421-ton vessel owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society since September 2018.[2][3][1]
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | YF-341 |
| Operator | US Navy |
| Builder | Basalt Ship Building[1] |
| Laid down | 3 August 1943 |
| Launched | 8 April 1944 |
| Fate | Transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946 |
| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | White Holly |
| Operator | US Coast Guard |
| Reclassified | WLM-543, 1960s |
| Identification | Hull number: WAGL-543 |
| Fate | Retired in 1998 |
| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | MV White Holly |
| Owner | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Operator | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society |
| Port of registry | US |
| Acquired | September 2018 |
| In service | December 2021 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Scrapped in Mexico by Ocean Express Recycling |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 421 t |
| Length | 40.5 m (133 ft) |
| Beam | 9.14 m (30.0 ft) |
| Draught | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
The vessel was retrofitted in Fernandina Beach, Florida, to be used in direct action Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations against illegal fisheries activities. Its first operation is at the Guadalupe Island on the southern Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Its first operation is called Operation Divina Guadalupe VI and study the Cuvier's beaked whale.[4]
History
editThe ship was built in 1944 for the US Navy and served in World War II in Pearl Harbor delivering ammunition to naval vessels.[3] She was acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946 serving on the Alaskan coastline until the 1970s.[3] The vessel was later relocated to Mississippi as a buoy tender until her retirement from the Coast Guard in 1998.[3] The vessel was purchased by Benoit Vulliet for oceanographic research,[5] and years later, he donated it to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.[3][6]
In late 2021 because of age Sea Shepherd had the vessel decommissioned and scrapped in Mexico. Sea Shepherd plans to acquire a new vessel in 2022 to replace it on its Central America patrols.
See also
edit- Neptune's Navy, Sea Shepherd vessels
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations
References
edit- ^ a b Sea Shepherd Adds New Vessel to Vaquita Campaign. Marine Executive. 8 September 2018.
- ^ Sea Shepherd crew finds friendly waters in Fernandina Beach as it gears up for dangerous mission. CBS News. 13 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d e White Holly. Marine Traffic. Accessed 16 September 2018.
- ^ For Beaked Whale Research: Operation Divina Guadalupe. Sea Shepherd. Accessed on 10 November 2019.
- ^ New Ship Strengthens Sea Shepherd’s Effort to Save the Vaquita. Sea Shepherd. 6 September 2018.
- ^ New ship strengthens Sea Shepherd’s effort to save the Vaquita. Port News. 9 September 2018.
External links
edit- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. LA-15, "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, 4640 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA", 32 photos, 5 measured drawings, 8 data pages, 3 photo caption pages