MORRO BAY WTGB 106

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.

Bay Class 140 foot Icebreaker Keel Laid August 6 1979 - Launched July 11 1980 USCGC MORRO BAY WTGB 106 Commissioned March 28 1981 - Decommissioned Recommissioned December 11 2002

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1980-2000)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning March 28 1981 to (Unknown)

 

USPS Machine Postmark Tacoma WA

1980-07-11

N/A

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

 

USPS Slogan Machine Postmark Yorktown, VA

1981-03-28

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS. Homeport until 1998.

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2nd Commissioning December 11 2002 to present

 

USPS Type 11 "USCG Academy Branch" New London, CT

2002-12-11

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

 

"Dumb" Postmark

c 2000

N/A

Cover purchased in 2000, "postmark" may be a creation of the sender, R. E. Wallace.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Morro Bay, California

USCGC Morro Bay was involved in a collision with a Block Island passenger ferry on July 2 2008.

 

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