COURIER WTR 410: Difference between revisions

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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.

COASTAL MESSENGER
Commissioned 25 March 1945
Operated by United Fruit Company and the Grace Line Inc.
Acquired by U.S. Coast Guard 15 February 1952
USCGC COURIER WAGR-410
Commissioned 15 February 1952 - Decommissioned 22 August 1964
Used as Coast Guard Training Vessel
USCGC COURIER WTR-410
Recommissioned as Training Vessel (WTR) 30 April 1966
Decommissioned 4 October 1972

Struck 31 January 1975
Fate unknown

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

USCGC Courier WAGR / WTR-410 Covers Page 1 (1952-2015)

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

1st Commissioning February 15 1952 to August 22 1964

Locy Type 2

1953-03-10
to
1953-03-10

WAGR-410. Working with Voice Of America (VOA) as a mobile radio station.

Other Information

USCGC COURIER earned the Coast Guard Unit Commendation Ribbon during her career.

NAMESAKE - A message carrier.

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

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 <h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
-This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
+This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
+its lifetime.
 The list is in chronological order.
-<ol>Mobile Transmitting Facility Vessel<br/>
+<table width="90%">
-Built 1945 as Inter-Island Shuttle DODDRIDGE<br/>
+<tr>
-Renamed (Date unknown)<br/>
+<td valign="top">
+<ol>
+Mobile Transmitting Facility Vessel<br/>
+Keel laid 25 January 1945 as Inter-Island Shuttle "DODDRIDGE"<br/>
+Renamed (Date unknown) "Coastal Messenger"<br/>
 Launched 1945<br/><br/>
-<li>'''COASTAL MESSENGER'''<br/>
+<li>'''COASTAL MESSENGER'''<br/>Commissioned 25 March 1945<br/>
-Operated by United Fruit Company and Grace Line<br/>
+Operated by United Fruit Company and the Grace Line Inc.<br/>
-Acquired by U.S. Coast Guard February 15 1952<br/><br/>
+Acquired by U.S. Coast Guard 15 February 1952<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USCGC COURIER WAGR-410'''<br/>
-Commissioned February 15 1952 - Decommissioned August 22 1964<br/>
+Commissioned 15 February 1952 - Decommissioned 22 August 1964<br/>
 Used as Coast Guard Training Vessel<br/><br/>
 <li>'''USCGC COURIER WTR-410'''<br/>
-Recommissioned as Training Vessel (WTR) April 30 1966<br/>
+Recommissioned as Training Vessel (WTR) 30 April 1966<br/>
-Decommissioned October 4 1972<br/><br/>
+Decommissioned 4 October 1972<br/><br/>
-Struck January 31 1975<br/>
+Struck 31 January 1975<br/>
 Fate unknown
-</ol>
+</ol></td>
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<td align="center" width="175" valign="top">
+[[Image:Courier_WAGR410_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
+<td align="center" width="175" valign="top">
+[[Image:Courier_WTR410_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|150px]]
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<p> </p>
 <h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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 range for covers on that page.
 <ol>
-<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
+<li>[[COURIER_WTR_410_Covers_Page_1 | USCGC Courier WAGR / WTR-410 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1952-2015)</li>
 </ol>
 <p>&nbsp;</p>
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 Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
 </th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
-Date From<br/>to<br/>Date To</th>
+Postmark<br/>Date</th>
-<th align="center" width="220">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
-<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
+<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
 </tr></table>
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 <hr/>
 <h4>1st Commissioning February 15 1952 to August 22 1964</h4>
 <!-- ============== -->
 <!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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 <br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
-Locy Type<br/>2
+Locy Type 2
 </td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
 -03-10
 <br/>to<br/>
 -03-10
-</td><td align="center" width="220">
+</td><td align="center" width="350">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Courier_WAGR410_19530310_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
 </td><td align="center" width="120">
 [[Image:GregCiesielski_Courier_WAGR410_19530310_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
 </td></tr></table>
-As WAGR-410<br/>
+WAGR-410. Working with Voice Of America (VOA) as a mobile radio station.
-Working with Voice Of America (VOA) as a mobile radio station
 <!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-Earned Coast Guard Unit Commendation (awarded March 9 1992)<br/><br/>
+USCGC COURIER earned the Coast Guard Unit Commendation Ribbon during her career.<br/><br/>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - A message carrier
+'''NAMESAKE''' - A message carrier.
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