COMANCHE WPG 76

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.

165-foot A Class Cutter Keel Laid November 15 1933 - Launched September 6 1934 USCGC COMANCHE CGC-57 Commissioned December 1 1934 Transferred to U.S. Navy July 1 1941 USS COMANCHE WPG-76 Redesignated Gunboat (PG) 1942 Returned to U.S. Coast Guard 1946 USCGC COMANCHE WPG-76 Placed in Commissioned/Reserve April 23 1946 Decommissioned June 26 1947 Sold November 10 1948 to Virginia Pilots Association and renamed Donated by the Virginia Pilot's Association to the Patriot's Point Development Authority/Museum in 1984 Donated to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and sunk as to form a reef in 1992

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1941)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type RECD

1941-12-31

Patriotic cover by Jacques Minkus. Postmarked from Staten Island NY Jan 27 1942.

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-17

N/A

Censored tobacco acknowledgement card to General Motors Corp.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for the North American Native Comanche tribe who were based, by the 19th century, throughout the southern Great Plains.

 

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