ITASCA WPG 321

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.

Lake Class 250-foot Cutter Keel Laid - Launched November 16 1929 USCGC ITASCA Commissioned July 12 1930 - Decommissioned May 30 1941 HMS GORLESTON Y-92 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Great Britain under Lend Lease May 30 1941 Returned to USCG April 23 1946 USCGC ITASCA WPG-321 Recommissioning cancelled Sold for scrap October 4 1950

 

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     (1935)

 

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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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1st Commissioning July 12 1930 to May 30 1941

 

Fiji CDS

1935-04-14

N/A

Cachet by L. C. Dewey, sponsored by the Honolulu Stamp Company

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2nd Commissioning (HMS) May 30 1941 to April 23 1946

 

N/A

1941-46

N/A

HMS GORLESTON Y-92 illustration

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Lake Itasca is a small glacial lake in the Lake District of Northwestern Minnesota.

 

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