MENEMSHA WAG 274

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.

Steel-hulled Cargo Ship
Built 1918 as LAKE ORANGE
Acquired by the Buffalo Steamship Corp. Buffalo, NY and renamed JOHN GEHM
Acquired by U.S. Navy September 19 1941
Renamed and designated Miscellaneous Auxiliary AG-39 October 15 1941


1. USCGC MENEMSHA WIX-274
   Commissioned Miscellaneous Unclassified (WIX) January 20 1942 for U.S. Coast Gaurd
   Transferred to U.S. Coast Guard October 22 1943
   
   
2. USCGC MENEMSHA WAG-274
   Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (WAG) November 22 1943
   
   Struck from Naval Register October 30 1943
   Decommissioned by the Coast Guard September 24 1945
   Laid up August 30 1946 in National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group
   
   Sold March 21 1951 to Patapsco Scrap Co. for scrap

Naval Covers

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.

1. 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.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

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DATE FROM to DATE TO

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Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

NAMESAKE - A bight in Gay Head, Martha’s Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts

 

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