STRATTON WMSL 752

Ship Name and Designation History

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Legend Class 418-ft Maritime Security Cutter Keel Laid 20 July 2009 - Launched & Christened 23 July 2010 USCGC STRATTON WMSL 752 Commissioned (Special) 2 September 2011 - Commissioned (Full) 31 March 2012

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1. USCGC Stratton WMSL-752 Covers Page 1     (2009-2018)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type F

2012-03-31

Commissioning, cachet by Mike Brock

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USPS Pictorial Postmarks

 

USPS Pictorial "Commissioning Station" Alameda CA

2012-03-31

Commissioning, cachet by Mike Brock

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Captain Dorothy Constance Stratton, USCGR (March 24 1899 - September 17 2006)
Stratton was born in Brookfield, Missouri and died in West Lafayette, Indiana at the age of 107 years old.
Stratton was the director of the SPARS, the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve during World War II.
In late 1942, she was ordered to Washington, DC to the office of the Commandant of the Coast Guard to organize the Coast Guard Women's Reserve, and was transferred from the Navy to the Coast Guard. She came up with the name SPARS using a contraction of the Coast Guard motto Semper Paratus and its English translation Always Ready. She was appointed its first director with a rank of lieutenant commander.
For her service she was awarded the Legion of Merit.
After the war, Stratton served as director of personnel for the International Monetary Fund (1947 - 1950). In 1950, she became national executive director of the Girl Scouts of the USA, a post she held until 1960. In 1958, she appeared as a guest challenger on the TV panel show "To Tell The Truth".

The cutter's sponsor is Michelle Obama, who is the first First Lady to sponsor a Coast Guard cutter.

 

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