WHITE PINE WLM 547

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.

YF-257 Class Self-propelled Covered Lighter Keel Laid June 4 1943 - Launched August 28 1943 YF-448 (Lighter) Placed in service May 20 1944 and delivered to Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY USS YF-448 Commissioned July 11 1944 - Placed out of service in 1946 Acquired by the US Coast Guard in 1946 Converted to a Coastal Buoy Tender USCGC WHITE PINE WAGL-547 Commissioned August 3 1948 USCGC WHITE PINE WLM-547 Redesignated (WLM) mid-1960s - Decommissioned June 29 1999 TORTUGUERO BA-1 (Dominican Republic Naval Service) Sold to the Dominican Republic Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1     (1958)

 

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

 

USPO Slogan Machine Cancel "Grand Central Station" New York NY

1958-11-02

N/A

WAGL-547. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

USPS Machine Cancel Baltimore MD

1974-10-04

N/A

WLM-547. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A timber tree (Pinus strobus) of eastern North America, having needles in clusters of five and durable, easily worked wood.

 

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