MV White Holly
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| display title = MV White Holly }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = 1968 Stern view, off Juneau, Alaska. - U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, 4640 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA HAER LA-15-31.tif | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|USA}} | Ship builder = Basalt Ship Building | Ship name = YF-341 | Ship laid down = 3 August 1943 | Ship launched = 8 April 1944 | Ship operator = US Navy | Ship fate = Transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946 }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|USA}} | Ship name = White Holly | Ship operator = US Coast Guard | Ship identification= Hull number: WAGL-543 | Ship reclassified= *WLM-543, 1960s | Ship fate = Retired in 1998 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = MV White Holly | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|USA}} | Ship name = MV White Holly | Ship original cost = | Ship registry = US | Ship owner = Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Ship operator = Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | Ship acquired = September 2018 | Ship in service = December 2021 | Ship identification=*Call sign: WDC4970
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The {{MV|White Holly}} was a 421-ton vessel owned and operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society since September 2018.[https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/sea-shepherd-crew-finds-friendly-waters-in-fernandina-beach-as-it-gears-up-for-dangerous-mission/833195180 Sea Shepherd crew finds friendly waters in Fernandina Beach as it gears up for dangerous mission]. CBS News. 13 September 2018.[https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:428839/mmsi:366896000/vessel:WHITE%20HOLLY White Holly]. Marine Traffic. Accessed 16 September 2018.[https://maritime-executive.com/article/sea-shepherd-adds-new-vessel-to-vaquita-campaign Sea Shepherd Adds New Vessel to Vaquita Campaign]. Marine Executive. 8 September 2018.
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.[https://seashepherd.org/campaigns/divina-guadalupe/ For Beaked Whale Research: Operation Divina Guadalupe.] Sea Shepherd. Accessed on 10 November 2019.
History
The ship was built in 1944 for the US Navy and served in World War II in Pearl Harbor delivering ammunition to naval vessels. She was acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946 serving on the Alaskan coastline until the 1970s. The vessel was later relocated to Louisiana as a buoy tender until her retirement from the Coast Guard in 1998. The vessel was purchased by Benoit Vulliet for oceanographic research,[https://seashepherd.org/news/new-ship-strengthens-sea-shepherds-effort-to-save-the-vaquita/ New Ship Strengthens Sea Shepherd’s Effort to Save the Vaquita]. Sea Shepherd. 6 September 2018. and years later, he donated it to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.[http://en.portnews.ru/news/264118/ New ship strengthens Sea Shepherd’s effort to save the Vaquita]. Port News. 9 September 2018.
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
- Neptune's Navy, Sea Shepherd vessels
- Sea Shepherd Conservation Society operations
References
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External links
- {{HAER |survey=LA-15 |id=la0409 |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, 4640 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA |photos=32 |dwgs=5 |data=8 |cap=3}}
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Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Louisiana
Category:Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ships
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the United States Coast Guard