COBB WPG 181

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.

Coastal Passenger Steamboat Built 1906 GOVERNOR COBB (Commercial Service) Operated by The Eastern Steamship Company of Baltimore During World War I operated as Training Ship under U.S. Shipping Board Leased to P & O Steamship Company for Key West to Havana service Sold 1937 to The Romance Line and laid up Acquired by War Shipping Administration June 5 1942 Assigned to U.S. Coast Guard USCGC GOVERNOR COBB WPG-181 Commissioned July 20 1943 The first US helicopter carrier USCGC COBB WPG-181 Name shortened August 2 1943 Decommissioned January 31 1946 Sold March 6 1947 Scrapped

 

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     (DATE RANGE)

 

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

 

NO GOVERNOR COBB / COBB POSTMARKS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME

DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rufus Willis Cobb (February 25 1829 – November 26 1913) an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1878 to 1882

 

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