STORIS WMEC 38

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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.

    Ordered as "ARCTIC CGC-82"
    Keel Laid July 14 1941 - Launched April 4 1942
    Name and designation changed to "ESKIMO WPG-38",
    then "ESKIMO WAGL-38" while under construction

  1. USCGC STORIS WAGL-38
    Commissioned and Renamed "STORIS" September 30 1942

  2. USCGC STORIS WAG-38
    Redesignated (WAG) 1956 to 1966

  3. USCGC STORIS WAGB-38
    Redesignated (WAGB) May 1 1966

  4. USCGC STORIS WMEC-38
    Redesignated (WMEC) July 1 1972 - Decommissioned February 8 2007

Naval Covers

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  1. Covers Page 1    (1970-2007)

 

Postmarks

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Post Office Established December 1 1944 to March 4 1947


 

Locy Type 2z

1945-10-30

WAGL-38. Censored Coastie mail


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-67

1947-06-23

WAGL-38. Cacheted


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-67

1947-10-11

WAGL-38. Cachet by Day Lowry

Post Office Re-Established July 3 1956 to September 25 1959


 

Locy Type 2(n)

1957-07-15

WAG-38. 1957 DEWLINE Operations


 

Locy Type 2(n)

1957-09-04

WAG-38. 1957 Northwest Passage Operations


 

Locy Type 2(n)

Missing
Date Slug

1970's

"The 2(n) cancel was kept by the yeoman after POD. In 1972 he cut "AG" from the designation and wrote in "MEC" by hand and used the cancel as a cachet." USCS Postmark Catalog


 

Locy Type 9fu

1957-07-15

WAG-38. 1957 DEWLINE Operations


 

Locy Type F

USCS Postmark
Catalog Illus. S-67a

1982-05-05

Official Ship's cachet. "S-67a is a new device used in the 1980s with no post office aboard. "KODIAK/ALASKA" is permanently attached to the dial, and the date is added by a separate rubber stamp." USCS Postmark Catalog


 

USPS Pictorial

Kodiak, AK

1989-05-28

N/A

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)


 

USPS 4-bar

Dutch Harbor, AK

1998-05-12

N/A

Official Ship Cachet and return address from the ship


 

USPS CDS

Kodiak, AK

2007-02-08

N/A

Last Day of Commissioning, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS Pictorial

"Departure Station"

Seattle, WA

2007-07-01

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage by USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS Pictorial

"Departure Station"

Seattle, WA

2007-07-01

N/A

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage by USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Joseph Lynch


 

USPS Pictorial

"Port of Call Station"

Barrow, AK

2007-07-13

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage by USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS Pictorial

"Port of Call Station"

Barrow, AK

2007-07-13

N/A

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage by USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Dan Goodwin


 

USPS Pictorial

"Port of Call Station"

Barrow, AK

2007-07-13

N/A

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage by USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Roger A. Wentworth


 

USPS Pictorial

"Crewmember Reunion Station"

Reno, NV

2007-09-06

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage, Crewmember Reunion of USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS


 

USPS Pictorial

"Crewmember Reunion Station"

Reno, NV

2007-09-06

N/A

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage, Crewmember Reunion of USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Dan Goodwin


 

USPS Pictorial

"Northwest Passage Complete Station"

Boston, MA

2007-09-24

50th Anniversary Northwest Passage by USCGC Spar WAGL-403 and USCGC Bramble WAGL-392, cachet by Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

Other Information

"STORIS" is a Scandinavian name taken from the Eskimo word "sirorssuit" meaning "great ice"

 


 

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