CAPE HENLOPEN WPB 95328

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Cape Class, Type C, 95 Foot Cutter Keel Laid - Launched CG 95328 Commissioned December 5 1958 USCGC CAPE HENLOPEN WPB-95328 Named January 1964 - Decommissioned September 28 1989 ASTRONAUTA FRANKLIN CHANG DIAZ SP 951 (Costa Rican Naval Service) Transferred to Costa Rica & renamed 1989 Decommissioned 2006 Sunk in the Gulf of Nicoya as an artificial reef 2006

 

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Cape Henlopen WPB-95328 Covers Page 1     (1970)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Cancel Port Angeles WA

1964-06-05

N/A

HOMEPORT - Coast Guard Air Station, Port Angeles, WA, from 1959 to December 1966. From the John Young collection.

 

Parcel Post Box Petersburg AK

1970

N/A

HOMEPORT - Petersburg, AK 1969 to 1981. Official Ship's Cachet

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Ketchikan AK

1970-10-21

N/A

HOMEPORT - Petersburg, AK 1969 to 1981. Official Ship's Cachet. From the John Young collection.

 

USPS 4-bar Cancel "Woods Hole Sta." Falmouth MA

1985-05-17

HOMEPORT - Woods Hole, MA 1983 to 1989. First Day This Cachet, cachet by Walter Grabowy. From the John Young collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Camp Henlopen, Delaware.

 

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