SPENCER WMEC 905

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.

Famous Class 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter Keel Laid June 26 1982 - Launched April 17 1984 USCGC SPENCER WMEC-905 Commissioned June 28 1986

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Spencer WMEC-905 Covers Page 1    (1984-1994)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Image

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No Postmarks Reported - No Postal Facilities Onboard

 

USPS CDS Middletown, RI

1984-06-16

N/A

Christening, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Type 9 "General Mail Facility" Boston, MA

1986-06-28

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Machine Cancel Boston, MA

1994-08-30

N/A

"Operation DEMOCRACY" cachet.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - John C. Spencer, the 16th Secretary of the Treasury. He was born in 1788 in Hudson, New York, graduated from Union College in 1806 and studied law. He was admitted to the state bar in 1809 and began a law practice in Canandaigua, New York. He served during the War of 1812 and was elected to and served in the House of Representatives from 1817-1819. He then served in a number of state public offices before being appointed the Secretary of War by President John Tyler in 1841. He was appointed as the Secretary of the Treasury in 1843, following the resignation of Secretary Walter Forward that same year. Spencer resigned in 1844 and was nominated by President Tyler to the United States Supreme Court but was rejected by the Senate. He died in Albany, New York on 17 May 1855.

There has been three cutters of the US Coast Guard named SPENCER - USRC Spencer (1844), USCGC Spencer WHEC-36 and USCGC Spencer WMEC-905.

 

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