U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE HOLLY, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, 4640 Urquhart Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA
Summary
Significance: WHITE HOLLY was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 341 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provided logistical support to naval operations during World War II. Following the war, the U.S. Coast Guard acquired eight of these vessels to perform service for their aids to navigation as buoy tenders.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N899
Survey number: HAER LA-15
Building/structure dates: 1943-1944 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1972 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1975 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1999 Subsequent Work
Tags
cutters
navigation
search and rescue operations
maritime
louisiana
cutter
coast guard cutter
holly
coast guard
district base
urquhart
urquhart street
new orleans
parish
orleans parish
incorporated basalt rock company
pete brooks
incorporated canvasback missions
justine christianson
candace clifford
todd croteau
kevin foster
historic american engineering record
howard jefferson
jet lowe
us coast guard
union diesel engine company
photo
coast guard cutter white holly
ultra high resolution
high resolution
navy
us navy
navy base
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Basalt Rock Company, Incorporated
Union Diesel Engine Company
Canvasback Missions, Incorporated
U.S. Coast Guard
Croteau, Todd, project manager
US Coast Guard, sponsor
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Brooks, Pete, delineator
Jefferson, Howard, delineator
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Clifford, Candace, historian
Foster, Kevin, historian
Location
louisiana
,
29.96605, -90.02808
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html