WHITE SAGE WLM 544

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.

Self-propelled Covered Lighter
Launched 19 June 1943


1. YF-444 (Lighter)
Placed in Service May 29 1944
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District as ammunition lighter at Naval Ammunition Depot at Earle, NJ
Placed out of service and Transferred to the US Coast Guard in 1946


2. USCGC WHITE SAGE WAGL-544
Commissioned August 9 1947


3. USCGC WHITE SAGE WLM-544
Redesignated 1965
Decommissioned June 7 1996

Donated to the Canvasback Missions, Inc. via a Congressional earmark
Possession taken in Baltimore in September 1999
Canvasback controversially sold the ship a few months later to a maritime equipment company
but failed to inform the Coast Guard property office about the sales
The maritime equipment company later sold the ship for substantially more to a pig farmer who uses it as a commercial ferry off Nicaragua

Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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USPS Type 9 Bristol, RI

1996-06-28 to 1996-06-28

Decommissioning
Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

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