JONQUIL WLB 330

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.

Chimo Class Auxiliary Minelayer Keel Laid in 1941 for the U.S. Army Mine Planter Service as     USAMP Colonel Henry J. Hunt MP-2 Launched 1942 Transferred to USN 4 January 1945 and converted to an Aux. Minelayer USS BASTION ACM-6 Commissioned 9 April 1945 - Decommissioned 18 June 1946 Transferred to the US Coast Guard 18 June 1946 USCGC JONQUIL WAGL-330 Commissioned 29 August 1946 USCGC JONQUIL WLB-330 Reclassified 1965 - Decommissioned 15 December 1969 Fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Bastion ACM-6 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)
2. USCGC Jonquil WLB-330 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

 

Locy Type 2z

1945-11-30

N/A

Bastion. "Postage due. Stamps Not Available."

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Locy Type SL USPO Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA

1960-03-31

JONQUIL. Nice example of the cutter's straight-line (SL) marking. Cover also embossed with cutter's seal. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

USPO 4-bar Cancel Atlantic Beach NC

1967-06-02

N/A

JONQUIL. Collectors request by Richard F. Hoffner

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA

1967-08-21

N/A

JONQUIL. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets). From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

USPO 4-bar Cancel Atlantic Beach NC

1968-09-13

N/A

JONQUIL. Cachet by Martin W. Longseth. From the Richard F. Hoffner collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - (HUNT) BGen Henry Jackson Hunt, USA (14 September 1819 – 11 February 1889)
    Hunt was Chief of Artillery in the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Considered by his contemporaries the greatest artillery tactician and strategist of the war, he was a master of the science of gunnery and rewrote the manual on the organization and use of artillery in early modern armies. His courage and tactics affected the outcome of some of the most significant battles in the war, including Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and most notably at Gettysburg.
    Hunt was a veteran of the Mexican–American War and the US Civil War.

NAMESAKE - (BASTION) A bastion is a work projecting outward from the main enclosure of a fort.

NAMESAKE - (JONQUIL) Narcissus jonquilla, the jonquil, a narcissus with clusters of small fragrant yellow flowers and cylindrical leaves, native to southern Europe and northeastern Africa.

 

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