MOJAVE WPG 47

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.

240-foot "Multi Mission" Cutter Keel Laid April 20 1921 - Launched September 7 1921 USCGC MOJAVE CGC-38 Commissioned December 12 1921 USCGC MOJAVE WPG-47 Redesignated Gunboat (WPG) May 1942 Decommissioned July 3 1947 Sold February 14 1948

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).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1943-46)

 

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

 

USPO machine Cancel Honolulu Hawaii

1922-11-27

N/A

CGC-38. Cover courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Locy Type 3z (TBT)

c. 1943

Patriotic postcard.

 

Locy Type 9rz

c. 1943

Patriotic postcard.

 

Locy Type 3z (TBT)

1945-03-15

N/A

Sailors Mail.

 

Locy Type 7z*

1945-05-20

N/A

Sailors Mail. Postmark originated with another ship or shore station.

 

USPO Duplex Cancel New Orleans LA

1946-08-30

N/A

Note:

 

USPO 'DUMB' Machine Cancel New Orleans LA

1946-09-04

N/A

Manuscript date to determine date.

 

USPS Type 9 Mojave CA

1997-07-03

N/A

50th Anniversary of Decommissioning. Cachet by Al Eckert

 

Other Information

USS MOJAVE received 1 battle star for her World War II service.

NAMESAKE - Any Indian of the Yuman Tribe along the Colorado River in Arizona, California, or Nevada.

 

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