FORSYTHIA WLR 63

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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.

    Sycamore Class 114 Ft Lighthouse Tender
    Keel Laid - Launched

  1. USCGC FORSYTHIA WAGL-63
    Commissioned 15 February 1943

  2. USCGC FORSYTHIA WLR-63
    Designation changed (Unk) - Decommissioned 12 August 1977

    Fate Unknown

Naval Covers

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  1. USCGC Forsythia WLR-63 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.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.


 

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Killer Bar Text

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USPO
Machine Cancel

Sewickley PA

1959-02-18

N/A

Cachet by George V. Sadworth. From the John Young collection.


 

USPS
Machine Cancel

Greenville MS

1972-05-20

N/A

WLR-63. Signed by the CO, CWO2 H.D. Grandstaff. From the John Young collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Forsythia is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family Oleaceae. There are about 11 species, mostly native to eastern Asia, but one native to southeastern Europe. Forsythia is also one of the plant's common names, along with Easter tree; the genus is named after William Forsyth.

 


 

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