The M/V White Holly

The Coast Guard acquired a total of
eight of these former Navy YF-257-class lighters between 1947-1948 for conversion to coastal buoy tenders. They were needed to complement the larger seagoing buoy tenders in servicing short-range-aids-to-navigation, typically those placed in coastal waters and harbors. They were built entirely of steel and were originally designed to carry ammunition and cargo from shore to deep-draft vessels
anchored off-shore. These lighters were well suited for a variety of coastal tasks because their hull design incorporated a shallow draft with a solid
engineering plant. All of these 133-foot lighters had sufficient cargo space for storing equipment and an open deck and boom for handling large objects. Each was named for a plant, shrub or tree.