HIGH POINT WMEH 1

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.

High Point Class Patrol Craft Hydrofoil Keel Laid 27 February 1961 - Launched 17 August 1962 USS HIGH POINT PCH-1 Delivered and commissioned 15 August 1963 Decommissioned in March 1975 USCGC HIGH POINT WMEH-1 Transferred to the Coast Guard 4 April 1975 and Commissioned Decommissioned 5 May 1975 and returned to U.S. Navy custody Struck from the Navy Registry in 1980 Deactivated December 1984 Transferred to the Boeing Co. January 1985 Operated with a Navy crew as a test platform for Patrol Hydrofoil (Missile) craft Final flight 11 May 1989 Sold in 1991 Sold in February 2002 to Bob Phillips of Skamokawa, WA and moored at Tongue Point Sold in November 2005 to Terence Orme Currently undergoing restoration on the Columbia River

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. USS High Point PCH-1 Covers Page 1     (1968-1972)
2. USCGC High Point WMEH-1 Covers Page 1     (1975)

 

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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPO Machine Postmark Bremerton, WA

1968-05-20

PCH-1. The ship had no postal facilities.

 

USPS Machine Postmark CA 945

1975-05-29

WMEH-1. Cachet by Richard F. Hoffner

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A city in central North Carolina.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. William M. Allen, wife of William M. Allen, President of Boeing.

 

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