WILLIAM FLORES WPC 1103: 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.

USCGC WILLIAM FLORES WPC-1103
Commissioned 3 November 2012

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 William Flores WPC-1103 Covers Page 1 (2011-2019)

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

USPS Pictorial Postmark

USPS
Pictorial Postmark

"Fleet Week Sta."

Fort Lauderdale FL

2019-05-04

Fleet Week, cachet by Wolfgang Hechler

USPS CDS

Lockport LA

2011-11-29

N/A

Launching, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

USPS Type 9

Tampa FL

2012-11-03

N/A

Commissioning, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Seaman Apprentice William R. Flores, USCG (6 November 1961 - 28 January 1980)
Flores was born and raised in Carlsbad, New Mexico. On January 28, 1980, 18-year-old Flores stayed aboard the USCGC Blackthorn WLB-391 as it was sinking following a collision with a tanker, SS Capricorn, and helped save twenty-three (23) of his crewmates, at the cost of his own life. Flores and a colleague threw their life jackets to seamen struggling in the water without life jackets. He strapped the life jacket locker open, so remaining life jackets would be released as the vessel sank. He then tried to aid wounded seamen who were still aboard. For his bravery, SA Flores was posthumously awarded the COAST GUARD MEDAL. The Coast Guard Medal is the highest non-combat bravery award of the United States Coast Guard.

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 Sentinel Class Cutter<br/>
 Keel Laid - Launched 29 November 2011<br/><br/>
-<li>'''USCGC WILLIAM FLORES WPC 1103'''<br/>
+<li>'''USCGC WILLIAM FLORES WPC-1103'''<br/>
 Commissioned 3 November 2012
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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>[[WILLIAM_FLORES_WPC_1103_Covers_Page_1 | USCGC William Flores WPC-1103 Covers Page 1]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2011-2019)</li>
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 <th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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+<br/><h4>USPS Pictorial Postmark</h4>
+<!-- ============== -->
+<!-- 2019-05-04 -->
+<!-- ============== -->
+<br/>&nbsp;<br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
+<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
+USPS<br/>Pictorial Postmark<br/><br/>"Fleet Week Sta."<br/><br/>Fort Lauderdale FL
+</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
+-05-04
+</td><td align="center" width="320">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_WilliamFlores_WPC1103_20190504_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
+</td><td align="center" width="120">
+[[Image:GregCiesielski_WilliamFlores_WPC1103_20190504_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
+</td></tr></table>
+Fleet Week, cachet by [[Cachet_Maker_Wolfgang_Hechler_ | Wolfgang Hechler]]
+<!-- === End of Postmark Entry === -->
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 <p>&nbsp;</p>
 <h3>Other Information</h3>
-'''NAMESAKE''' - Seaman Apprentice William R. Flores, USCG (November 6, 1961 - January 28, 1980)<br/>
+'''NAMESAKE''' - Seaman Apprentice William R. Flores, USCG (6 November 1961 - 28 January 1980)<br/>
 Flores was born and raised in Carlsbad, New Mexico. On January 28, 1980, 18-year-old Flores stayed aboard the [[BLACKTHORN_WLB_391_ | USCGC Blackthorn WLB-391]] as it was sinking following a collision with a tanker, SS Capricorn, and helped save twenty-three (23) of his crewmates, at the cost of his own life. Flores and a colleague threw their life jackets to seamen struggling in the water without life jackets. He strapped the life jacket locker open, so remaining life jackets would be released as the vessel sank. He then tried to aid wounded seamen who were still aboard. For his bravery, SA Flores was posthumously awarded the '''COAST GUARD MEDAL'''. The Coast Guard Medal is the highest non-combat bravery award of the United States Coast Guard.
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