YF-1038/Later HMNZS Isa Lei shortly after launch, 07 October 1944.

 

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