DANMARK WIX 283

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.

252 Foot Square-Rigged Training Ship for country of Denmark Built - Launched 1932 DANMARK (Danish Maritime Authority) Owned by the Danish Maritime Authority and used as a training ship Offered to the U.S. government as a training vessel after the attack on Pearl Harbor USCGC DANMARK WIX-283 Commissioned May 12 1942 Used to train cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut Decommissioned September 26 1945 DANMARK (Danish Maritime Authority) Returned to Denmark September 26 1945 Still in Service as a training ship as of 2024

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1942)

 

Postmarks

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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Bridgeport CT

1942-12-02

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Free Mail from a USCG Academy Cadet.

 

Ships Straightline

1975-08-20

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Ship Cover

 

Circular Pictorial

1984-07-13

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Ship Cover, signed by the Captain

 

USPS FDOI Pictorial Cancel Liberty Island NY/NJ

1986-07-04

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First Day Cover for the Statue of Liberty stamp and Operation Sail 1986

 

USPS First Day of Sale Cancel Groton CT

2015-08-04

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First Day Cover for the 225th Anniversary of the US Coast Guard stamp.

 

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c 1993

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Danish stamp commemorating the "Training Ship DANMARK". Issued in 1993 (Scott #986)

 

Other Information

"The DANMARK succeeded the København, a five-masted barque which was lost at sea at the end of 1928, as Denmark's principal training ship. Launched in 1932 at the Nakskov Shipyard in Lolland and fitted out the following year, she was built to train officers of the Danish merchant marine. In 1939 she visited the United States to participate in the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York City, but at the outbreak of hostilities in World War II she was ordered to remain in US waters to avoid capture by the Germans. She was then based in Jacksonville, Florida and maintained with the help of the Danish American community there.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor the Captain, Knud Hansen, offered the ship to the U.S. government as a training vessel. This offer was accepted, and the DANMARK moved to New London, Connecticut to train cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy there. Approximately five thousand cadets were trained before the ship was returned to Denmark in 1945.

She resumed her training duties the following year. In recognition of her wartime service, a bronze plaque was placed on the mainmast, and the DANMARK was given the honor of leading the parade of ships at the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York. Experience with the DANMARK led to the acquisition of the USCGC EAGLE from Germany at the end of the war as a training vessel." (From Wikipedia)

 

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