WHITE HOLLY WLM 543

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.

133-foot Lighter Keel Laid August 3 1943 - Launched April 8 1944 YF-341 (Lighter) Delivered and placed in service June 6 1944 Placed out of service 1946 Struck from the Naval Register July 17 1947 Acquired by the U.S. Coast Guard 1946 USCGC WHITE HOLLY WAGL-543 Commissioned December 1 1947 USCGC WHITE HOLLY WLM-543 Redesignated (WLM) 1968 - Decommissioned September 30 1998 Donated to the Canvasback Missions, Inc., in 1999 WHITE HOLLY (Training Ship) Sold to Seamen's Training Center, Vallejo, CA. in 2002 to serve as a the Maritime Industry Training Vessel In July 2005 she was granted Oceanographic Research Vessel status by the Coast Guard WHITE HOLLY (Privately Owned) Donated by Benoit Vulliet to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in September 2018 Scrapped in Mexico 2021

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1979)

 

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.

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

 

USPS Machine Cancel New Orleans LA

1979-08-23

N/A

HOMEPORT - New Orleans LA February 1972 to September 1998. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Other Information

USN YF-341 earned the following awards for her WWII service - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

NAMESAKE - Any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Ilex, usually having bright red berries and glossy evergreen leaves with spiny margins.

 

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