LAUREL WLB 291

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.

Cactus Class 180 ft Seagoing Buoy Tender Keel Laid April 17 1942 - Launched August 4 1942 USCGC LAUREL WAGL-291 Commissioned November 24 1942 USCGC LAUREL WLB-291 Redesignated (WLB) 1965 Decommissioned July 12 1986 Recommissioned following overhaul 1990 - Decommissioned December 1 1999

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).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

POSTMARK DATE

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1st Commissioning November 24 1942 to July 12 1986

 

Locy Type 2z

1944-06-16

N/A

As WAGL-291
Censored tobacco acknowledgement card to General Motors Corp.

 

USPO Machine Cancel Washington DC

1944-07-12

As WAGL-291
Boston MA Homeport 1943 - 1946. Incoming mail to LtCmdr Gerrett B. Lok. The multi-forwarded cover started in Washington DC to Boston MA, then went from Boston to New York, back to Boston MA, then to Norfolk VA and then back to Boston MA all between July 1944 to October 1944.

 

USPS Machine Cancel Portsmouth VA

1975-03-24

N/A

As WLB-291
Atlantic Beach NC Homeport May 21 1968 - June 1975. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

USPS Machine Cancel Ketchikan AK

1978-12-21

N/A

As WLB-291
Ketchikan AK Homeport January 1976 - September 1983. Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A tree native to coastal forests of western North America.

 

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