JARVIS WHEC 725

Ship Name and Designation History

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Hamilton Class 378-foot High Endurance Cutter Keel Laid 9 September 1970 - Launched 24 April 1971 USCGC JARVIS WHEC-725 Commissioned (Special) 18 January 1972 - Commissioned 4 August 1972 Decommissioned for overhaul July 1990 - Recommissioned December 1992 Decommissioned 2 October 2012 BNS SOMUDRA JOY (Bangladesh Naval Service) Transferred to Bangladesh Navy 23 May 2013 Commissioned 23 December 2013

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Jarvis WHEC-725 Covers Page 1     (1972-2012)

 

Postmarks

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

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1st Commissioning 18 January 1972 to July 1990

 

Locy Type SL (75x3)

1984-12-21

From the John Young collection.

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2nd Commissioning December 1992 to 2 October 2012

 

USPS Type 9 Honolulu HI

2012-10-02

N/A

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

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain David H. Jarvis, USRS (24 August 1862 – 23 June 1911).
Captain Jarvis served aboard cutters USRC HAMILTON, USRC STEVENS, USRC BEAR, USRC THOMAS CORWIN, and USRC RUSH. He devoted the majority of his career to pioneering and developing maritime activities in the Bering Strait off of Alaska's northwest coast. While assigned to the USRC BEAR, he led the famous three man expedition to save 300 whalers stranded off Barrow Point, Alaska. Trapped by ice, the harsh environment, and a dwindling food supply, the whalers had little chance of surviving. Through the relentless arctic winter, Captain Jarvis' expedition drove a herd of reindeer across 1,500 miles of Arctic ice and snow to rescue the starving whalers. For his heroism, 1st Lt. Jarvis was awarded a special Congressional Gold Medal along with Second Lieutenant Ellsworth P. Bertholf, and Doctor Samuel J. Call, USRC Surgeon.

 

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