KUKUI WAK 186

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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.

    Alamosa Class Cargo Ship
    Keel Laid as a Maritime Commission type (C1-M-AV1) hull
    Launched January 21 1945 - Transferred to the Navy August 17 1945

  1. USS COLQUITT AK-174
    Commissioned September 22 1945
    Decommissioned September 24 1945
    Struck from the Naval Register September 24 1945
    Transferred to the Coast Guard September 24 1945

  2. USCGC KUKUI WAK-186
    Commissioned September 24 1945 - Decommissioned March 1 1972
    Returned to US Navy custody and given to the Philippine Navy

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     (1949,1970)

 

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
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Killer Bar Text

Date From
to
Date To
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

2nd Commissioning September 24 1945 to March 1 1972


 

Locy Type 7#

Branch 10434

Luzon PI
May 24 1949

ULITHI,
Caroline Islands
1949-04-28

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 7#

Branch 10434

Luzon PI
May 24 1949

MANILA,
Philippines Islands
1949-05-1-12

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 7#

Branch 10434

Luzon PI
May 24 1949

PALAWAN,
Philippines Islands
1949-05-13

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 7#

Branch 10434

Luzon PI
May 24 1949

TALAMPULAN
Philippines Islands
1949-05-17

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 7#

Branch 10434

Luzon PI
May 24 1949

TARUMPITAO
Philippines Islands
1949-05-19

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 2#

Branch 13933

Subic Bay PI
May 26 1949

SUBIC BAY
Philippines Islands
1949-05-23

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 2#

Branch 13933

Subic Bay PI
May 26 1949

NAULO POINT
Philippines Islands
1949-05-25

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

US Army Postal Service

APO 331

June 1 1949

OKINAWA
Japan
1949-06-01

Postcard states:
US Coast Guard's "Slow Boat To China"
"Dotted lines indicate 1949 logistic cruise to service USCG Loran Stations"


 

Locy Type 7#

Branch #17002

Yokosuka Japan

1963-04-22

QSL card postally used from WAK 186. KH 6 DDD


 

USPO
Machine Cancel

Honolulu HI

1970-10-30

N/A

Add-on cachet by Michael F. Hebert (M/H Cachets)


 

USPS Slogan
Machine Cancel

Honolulu HI

1972-03-01

N/A

Last Day in Commission

 

Other Information

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.

NAMESAKE - (COLQUITT) - A county in Georgia.
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.

 


 

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