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HMNZS Kahu (P3571)

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Laid down
  
1942

Decommissioned
  
1965

Draught
  
4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)

Construction started
  
1942

Displacement
  
77,110 kg

Commissioned
  
1947

Beam
  
18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)

Length
  
34 m

Weight
  
86.4 tons

Draft
  
1.45 m

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Class and type
  
Fairmile B class motor launch

HMNZS Kahu I (P3571) was a Fairmile B motor launch of the Royal New Zealand Navy.

Originally commissioned on 20 December, 1943, with the pendant number Q 411, she was part of the 80th Motor Launch Flotilla. Early in 1944, she went to the Solomon Islands where she served under the operational control of COMSOPAC.

She was recommissioned from 1947 to 1965 as HMNZS Kahu I (P3571)

References

HMNZS Kahu (P3571) Wikipedia