JOSHUA APPLEBY WLM 556

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.

Keeper Class 175-ft Coastal Buoy Tender Keel Laid - Launched 8 August 1998 USCGC JOSHUA APPLEBY WLM-556 Commissioned 20 November 1998

Naval Covers

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Postmarks

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

 

USPS 4-bar Marinette WI 54143

1998-08-08

N/A

Launching, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

USPS 4-bar St. Petersburg FL

2008-12-10

Ship's cachet

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Joshua Appleby (December 5 1770—October 11 1846).
Appleby was an American lighthouse keeper remembered for having lost his life in the Great Havana Hurricane of 1846.
A native of Rhode Island, Joshua Appleby served as keeper of the Sand Key Light in the Florida Keys. On the day of the disaster, the hurricane began battering the lighthouse at ten in the morning and, eventually, all of Sand Key was submerged and the lighthouse destroyed by the gale forces of wind and tide. Appleby, his 51-year-old daughter Eliza, and his 11-year-old grandson Thomas were swept away to become additional victims of the hurricane which was calculated to have caused the deaths of at least 255 people.

 

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