CUYAHOGA WIX 157

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.

Active Class Patrol Boat Built 1927 Launched January 27 1927 USCGC CUYAHOGA WSC-157 Commissioned March 3 1927 - Decommissioned May 29 1933 Transferred to U.S. Navy May 29 1933 USS CUYAHOGA AG-26 Commissioned Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) April 1 1935 Decommissioned July 27 1935 CUYAHOGA YX-21 Placed In Service July 27 1935 as Yard Miscellaneous Auxiliary (YX) Used as Tender and Escort for the Presidential Yacht CUYAHOGA AG-26 Reverted to (AG) November 30 1937 Placed Out of Service May 17 1941 Returned to U.S. Coast Guard May 17 1941 USCGC CUYAHOGA WSC-157 Commissioned May 17 1941 Placed In Commission-Reserve status May 1946 USCGC CUYAHOGA WMEC-157 Redesignated Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) May 1 1966 USCGC CUYAHOGA WIX-157 Redesignated Miscellaneous Unclassified (WIX) (Date unknown) SUNK (Collision) October 20 1978 Raised and towed to Portsmouth VA October 29 1978 Declared unfit for repairs Decommissioned November 3 1978 Scuttled March 20 1979 off The Virginia Capes

Naval Covers

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1. USS Cuyahoga AG-26 Covers Page 1     (1939)

 

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 "NAVY YARD / WASHINGTON" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-2

1935-08-22

AG-26. Postmark created by John Gill

 

Locy Type SL

c 1938

AG-26. Cachet by Ralph L. (Shorty) Burkholder. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

USPO Machine Cancel Yorktown VA

1971-01-29

N/A

WIX-157. Paste on cachet (?)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A river in Ohio entering Lake Erie at Cleveland

 

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