YF-1038 shortly after launch, 07 October 1944. Later HMNZS Isa Lei
RNZAF photo Mariners Museum photo PN1194. George Schneider
YF-1038 Class Covered Lighter (Self-propelled):
Built by Seagar Brothers, Auckland, New Zealand
Laid down, 27 April 1944
Launched, 07 October 1944
Delivered and placed in service, 20 December 1944
Initially assigned to Southwest Pacific, operating in Solomons
Stationed at Ulithi, March - May 1945
Stationed at Leyte, May - October 1945
Stationed at Shanghai, October 1945 - 1946
Used as range tender stateside postwar
Stricken from Naval Register, date unknown
To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for layup at Suisun Bay, 30 December 1947
Sold, registered as Isa Lei (British ON 157818), 1949
To Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Isa Lei, 1952
Placed out of service, 1961
FInal disposition, scrapped at Te Atatu, 1967
Specifications:
Displacement 243 tons (lt) 250 tons (DWT)
Length 114' 6"
Beam 24'
Draft 11'
Speed unknown
Armament none
Complement one Officer, fifteen Enlisted
Propulsion diesel, twin screws
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