FIR WLM 212

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.

Hollyhock Class 174 foot Lighthouse Tender Keel Laid January 7 1939 - Launched March 22 1939 USCGC FIR WAGL-212 Commissioned October 1 1940 USCGC FIR WLM-212 Redesignated Coastal Buoy Tender (WLM) 1965 - Decommissioned: 1 October 1991 Designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior on April 27 1992 Transferred to the Liberty Maritime Museum in Sacramento, CA September 30 2002

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC FIR Covers Page 1     (1964-90)

 

Postmarks

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

 

N/A

c 1980

N/A

Print of the USCGC FIR WLM-212

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA

1964-10-19

N/A

WAGL-212

 

USPS Slogan Machine Cancel Seattle WA

1974-09-05

N/A

WLM-212

 

Locy Type RECD USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-R3

1979-08-28

WLM-212

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. G-51b USCGC Glacier WAGB-4

1982-06-31

N/A

Decommissioning of USCGC Walnut WLM-252 and Transfer of Crew to USCGC Fir WLM-212.
Cachet by the USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A genus of between 48-55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae.

Two buoy tenders of the United States Coast Guard have borne the name FIR - USCGC Fir WLM-212 and USCGC Fir WLB-213

 

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