MELLON WHEC 717

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.

USCGC MELLON WHEC-717
Commissioned January 9 1968
Decommissioned October 24 1985 for FRAM modernization
Recommissioned 1985 (?) -

Naval Covers

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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.

Covers Page 1 (1970,85)

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 --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

1st Commissioning January 9 1968 to 1984

USPO Slogan
Machine cancel

Honolulu HI

1970-10-19

N/A

Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

USPS Type 9

Seattle WA

1985-10-24

Decommissioning, cachet by USS Puget Sound Chapter No. 74, USCS

Other Information

USCGC MELLON has received numerous Meritorious Unit Commendations and the CG Unit Commendation Medal along with other awards.

NAMESAKE - Named after Andrew W. Mellon, 49th Secretary of the Treasury from 1921-1932.

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