TOUR BOAT MOORED AT THE PORT OF OSLO, NORWAY

HER FORMER NAME WAS “CURLEW” UNDER CANADIAN FLAG. BUILT IN 1927 BY SAMUEL WHITES YACHT BUILDING AND ENGINEERING, IN SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND FOR HERBERT WILLIAM MOLSON AND THOMAS HENRY PENTLAND MOLSON, OF CANADA.

PURCHASED BY THE US GOVERNMENT ON OCTOBER 24, 1942 FROM A MOLSON, MONTREAL, WAS COMMISSIONED THE SAME DAY AS “USS LEADER (PYC-42)” UNDER THE COMMAND OF A LT. OF THE USNR.

FOLLOWING THREE MONTHS IN NEW YORK, “LEADER”, A COASTAL PATROL YACHT, SAILED 18 FEBRUARY 1943 FOR HER PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT.

SHE TRAINED OFF FLORIDA AND CUBA BEFORE ARRIVING SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 8 APRIL.

FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THE PATROL YACHT OPERATED ALONG THE U.S. WEST COAST AND WITH THE SAN DIEGO SOUND SCHOOL, TRAINING NAVY AND COAST GUARD PERSONNEL IN ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE TECHNIQUES.

LOA: 36 m.; BEAM: 5,94 m. FLAG; NORWAY