WOODRUSH WLB 407

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 foot Seagoing Buoy Tender Keel Laid February 4 1944 - Launched April 28 1944 USCGC WOODRUSH WAGL-407 Commissioned September 22 1944 USCGC WOODRUSH WLB-407 Reclassified (WLB) 1965 Decommissioned (for Overhaul) July 31 1978 Recommissioned March 1980 - Decommissioned March 2 2001 Sold to the Republic of Ghana

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1974,1991,2001)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning September 22 1944 to July 31 1978

 

USPS Machine Cancel Duluth MN

1974-08-31

N/A

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh cachets)

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2nd Commissioning March 1980 to March 2 2001

 

USPS Machine Cancel Sitka, AK

1991-08-03

N/A

Ship's cachet

 

USPS 4-bar Sitka, AK

2001-03-02

N/A

Decommissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A family of monocotyledonous plants in the order Juncales characterized by an inflorescence of diverse sorts, vascular bundles with abaxial phloem, and cells without silica bodies (luzula acuminata).

 

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