SMILAX WLIC 315

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.

Cosmos Class Inland Construction Tender Keel Laid 26 November 1943 - Launched 18 August 1944 USCGC SMILAX WAGL-315 Commissioned 1 November 1944 USCGC SMILAX WLI-315 Redesignated (WLI) 1966 USCGC SMILAX WLIC-315 Redesignated (WLIC) 1 October 1979

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Smilax WLIC-315 Covers Page 1     (1989)

 

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

 

USPS Machine Cancel Waycross GA

1989-09-11

N/A

Brunswick GA - Homeport 9 November 1965 to July 1999. Collectors request.

 

Other Information

USCGC SMILAX has earned the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon, the Secretary of Transportation Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon, the US Coast Guard Unit Commendation Ribbon, the US Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the US Coast Guard Bicentennial Unit Commendation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the National Defense Service Medal (4th award), the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the US Coast Guard Sea Service Deployment Ribbon during her long US Coast Guard career.

NAMESAKE - Smilax is a genus of about 300–350 species, found in the tropics and subtropics worldwide. They are climbing flowering plants, many of which are woody and/or thorny, in the monocotyledon family Smilacaceae, native throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Common names include catbriers, greenbriers, prickly-ivys and smilaxes. "Sarsaparilla" (also zarzaparrilla, sarsparilla) is a name used specifically for the Jamaican S. regelii as well as a catch-all term in particular for American species. Occasionally, the non-woody species such as the smooth herbaceous greenbrier (S. herbacea) are separated as genus Nemexia; they are commonly known by the rather ambiguous name "carrion flowers".

 

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