STEADFAST WMEC 623

Ship Name and Designation History

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Reliance Class 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter Keel Laid - Launched USCGC STEADFAST WMEC-623 Commissioned 1968 - Decommissioned for MMA 22 May 1992 Recommissioned (Special) 11 February 1994

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Steadfast WMEC-623 Covers Page 1     (2009)

 

Postmarks

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

 

Locy Type LDC RCVD

1992-05-22

Decommissioning for MMA, ships cachet. From the John Young collection.

 

USPS Pictorial "Sesquicentennial Station" Warrenton OR

2009-01-14

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Celebrating the Sesquicentennial of Oregon, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial "National Convention USCS Station" Portland OR

2015-05-08

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USCS Convention, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS Pictorial "Anniversary Station" Astoria OR

2015-08-04

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225th Anniversary of the USCG, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.

History - Since commissioning in 1968, STEADFAST has completed over 330 Search and Rescue cases, interdicted over 1.6 million pounds of marijuana and 27,700 pounds of cocaine, seized over 65 vessels, and stopped over 3500 undocumented migrants on the high seas from entering the United States. STEADFAST was the first, and is one of only two cutters awarded the gold marijuana leaf, symbolizing one million pounds of marijuana seized. Legend holds STEADFAST was named "El Tiburon Blanco" (Spanish for "The White Shark") by Colombian drug smugglers in the 1970's for being such a nemesis to their illegal drug operations.

One ship of the US Navy and one cutter of the US Coast Guard have borne the name STEADFAST - Steadfast AFDM-14 and USCGC Steadfast WMEC-623.

 

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