BLACKTHORN WLB 391

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.

Iris Class 180 ft Seagoing Buoy Tender Keel Laid May 21 1943 - Launched July 20 1943 USCGC BLACKTHORN WAGL-391 Commissioned March 27 1944 USCGC BLACKTHORN WLB-391 Redesignated (WLB) 1965 Collided with tanker "CAPRICORN" on January 28 1990 and sank 23 Crewmembers perished and remain on duty Blackthorn was refloated for investigation Later resunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef.

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (1958-1980)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Mobile AL

1958-03-14

N/A

WAGL. Homeport - Mobile AL 1950 to July 1976

 

USPO Machine Cancel Mobile AL

1958-05-28

N/A

WAGL. Homeport - Mobile AL 1950 to July 1976

 

USPO Machine Cancel Mobile AL

1968-02-06

N/A

WLB. Homeport - Mobile AL 1950 to July 1976

 

USPS Machine Cancel Mobile AL

1974-08-06

N/A

Homeport - Mobile AL 1950 to July 1976
Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Mobile AL

1975-01-21

N/A

WLB. Homeport - Mobile AL 1950 to July 1976.
Signed by CO, serviced by Joseph E. Hogan

 

USPS Machine Cancel Galveston TX

1977-07-08

N/A

WLB. Homeport - Galveston TX 1976 to 1979.
Signed by CO, serviced by Joseph E. Hogan

 

USPS Machine Cancel Norfolk VA

1980-03-06

N/A

Recovery cover from the crew of USS Preserver ARS-8.

 

N/A

1980-03-06

N/A

Photo of USCGC BLACKTHORN being raised.

 

N/A

1980-03-06

N/A

Newspaper article of USCGC BLACKTHORN accident.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Blackthorn is a deciduous tree, it’s leaves turn yellow in autumn and fall off in winter.

 

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