POINT ROBERTS WPB 82332
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.
Keel Laid - Launched [Note: Although the U.S. Coast Guard may use "WPB-82332" in its documentation, the identification painted on the ship's hull is "CG 82332" (as seen in photos)] Operated by the EPA’s Office of Research and Development's Mid-Continent Ecology Division at Duluth, Minnesota Decommissioned in July 2005 Sold to Basic Marine, Inc. Escanaba, Michigan Still docked on land at Basic Marine as late as November 22 2021 and possibly May 16 2023 Fate unknown |
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.
- Covers Page 1 (1975)
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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THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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USPS |
1975-05-22 |
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N/A |
Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (Mh Cachets)
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USPS |
1986-03-21 |
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N/A |
Add-on cachet by Richard Hoffner
Other Information
NAMESAKE - Point Roberts, Washington
Additional Naming History Sources
Various photos of LAKE EXPLORER can be found online:
Shipspotting.com: Photo by Jeff Thoreson taken on June 18, 2003
Caption:"U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's smaller research vessel Lake Explorer inbound Erie, 18 June 2003 at 6:15 p.m."
Dick's Great Lakes Ship Photos & More: Photo by Dick Lund taken on March 26 2006
Caption: "on the dock at Basic Marine on March 26..."
FLICKR: Photo by Isaac Pennock taken November 22 2021
Caption: Former EPA research vessel ashore in Escanaba, Michigan
tugster: a waterblog blog post
LL Mackinac to Escanaba posted on May 16 2023:
Photo by Will Van Dorp (aka Tugster). Actual photo date unknown.
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