WALNUT WLM 252

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.

Coastal Tender Built 1939 USCG WALNUT Placed In Service in U.S. Lighthouse Service USCGC WALNUT Commissioned July 8 1939 Transferred to U.S. Navy June 1 1941 USCG WALNUT WAGL-252 Redesignated Auxiliary Tender (WAGL) 1942 USCG WALNUT WLM-252 Redesignated 1954 Decommissioned July 1 1982 FNH NOGALL 252 Transferred to Honduras Wrecked during Hurricane Mitch in 1998

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Walnut WLM-252 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.

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

 

Censored (Probably Hawaii)

1942-04-08

N/A

Censored, WWII use

 

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 shade tree whose hard wood is used in making furniture and whose round nut is edible.

Two cutters of the United States Coast Guard have borne the name WALNUT - USCGC Walnut WLM-252 and USCGC Walnut WLB-205

 

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