http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=KUKUI_WAK_186KUKUI WAK 186 - Revision history2026-04-11T21:55:09ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.44.0http://www.navalcovermuseum.org/w/index.php?title=KUKUI_WAK_186&diff=118893&oldid=prevGregCiesielski: added 1 cover2010-11-12T05:00:37Z<p>added 1 cover</p>
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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3><br />
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its lifetime.<br />
The list is in chronological order.<br />
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Alamosa Class Cargo Ship<br/> <br />
Keel Laid as a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull<br/><br />
Launched January 21 1945 - Transferred to the Navy August 17 1945<br/><br/><br />
<li>'''USS COLQUITT AK-174'''<br/>Commissioned September 22 1945<br/><br />
Decommissioned September 24 1945<br/>Struck from the Naval Register September 24 1945<br/>Transferred to the Coast Guard September 24 1945<br/><br/><br />
<li>'''USCGC KUKUI WAK-186'''<br/>Commissioned September 24 1945 - Decommissioned March 1 1972<br/><br />
Returned to US Navy custody and given to the Philippine Navy <br />
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[[Image:Kukui_WAK186_Patch.jpg|thumb|center|125px]] <br />
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3><br />
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<h3>Postmarks</h3><br />
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Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th><br />
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th><br />
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th><br />
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<h4>1st Commissioning September 22 1945 to September 24 1945</h4><br />
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<h4>2nd Commissioning September 24 1945 to March 1 1972</h4><br />
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Locy Type 7#<br/><br/>Branch 10434<br/><br/>Luzon PI<br/>May 24 1949<br />
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ULITHI,<br/>Caroline Islands<br />
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1949-04-28<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490428_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490428_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 7#<br/><br/>Branch 10434<br/><br/>Luzon PI<br/>May 24 1949<br />
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MANILA,<br/>Philippines Islands<br />
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1949-05-1-12<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490512_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 7#<br/><br/>Branch 10434<br/><br/>Luzon PI<br/>May 24 1949<br />
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PALAWAN,<br/>Philippines Islands<br />
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1949-05-13<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490513_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490513_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 7#<br/><br/>Branch 10434<br/><br/>Luzon PI<br/>May 24 1949<br />
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TALAMPULAN<br/>Philippines Islands<br />
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1949-05-17<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490517_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490517_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 7#<br/><br/>Branch 10434<br/><br/>Luzon PI<br/>May 24 1949<br />
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TARUMPITAO<br/>Philippines Islands<br />
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1949-05-19<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490519_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490519_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 2#<br/><br/>Branch 13933<br/><br/>Subic Bay PI<br/>May 26 1949<br />
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SUBIC BAY<br/>Philippines Islands<br />
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1949-05-23<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490523_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490523_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 2#<br/><br/>Branch 13933<br/><br/>Subic Bay PI<br/>May 26 1949<br />
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NAULO POINT<br/>Philippines Islands<br />
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1949-05-25<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490525_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490525_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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US Army Postal Service<br/><br/>APO 331<br/><br/>June 1 1949<br />
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OKINAWA<br/>Japan<br />
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1949-06-01<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490601_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19490601_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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Postcard states:<br/>US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"<br/>"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"<br />
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Locy Type 7#<br/><br/>Branch #17002<br/><br/>Yokosuka Japan<br />
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1963-04-22<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19630422_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19630422_1_Back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]<br />
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QSL card postally used from WAK 186. KH 6 DDD<br />
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USPO<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Honolulu HI<br />
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1970-10-30<br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19701030_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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N/A<br />
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Add-on cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Michael_F_Hebert_ | Michael F. Hebert (M/H Cachets)]]<br />
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USPS Slogan<br/>Machine Cancel<br/><br/>Honolulu HI<br />
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1972-03-01 <br />
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Kukui_WAK186_19720301_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]<br />
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N/A<br />
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Last Day in Commission<br />
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<h3>Other Information</h3><br />
USCGC KUKUI earned the following awards during her career - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal.<br/><br/><br />
'''NAMESAKE''' - (COLQUITT) - A county in Georgia.<br/><br />
'''NAMESAKE''' - (KUKUI) - A nut-bearing tree, Aleurites moluccana, native to Hawaii, Polynesia and South Seas Islands, Malaysia, the Malay Peninsula, and the Philippines. It is the state tree of Hawaii.<br />
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