ANTHONY PETIT WLM 558

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.

Keeper Class 175-foot Coastal Buoy Tender Keel Laid 13 March 1998 - Launched 30 January 1999 USCGC ANTHONY PETIT WLM-558 Commissioned (Special) 1 July 1999 Commissioned 18 May 2000

 

Naval Covers

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1. USCGC Anthony Petit WLM-558 Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

USPS 4-bar cancel Marinette WI

1998-03-13

N/A

Keel Laying, cachet by the Stephen Decatur Chapter No. 4, USCS

 

xq

1999-01-30

N/A

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

 

USPS 4-bar cancel Marinette WI

1999-07-01

N/A

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

 

USPS 4-bar cancel Ketchikan AK

2000-05-18

N/A

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

 

USPS Type 12 cancel Ketchikan AK

2014-01-11

N/A

Cachet by ArtCraft

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The ship's namesake is US Coast Guard Chief Boatswain's Mate Anthony Petit, the keeper of the Scotch Cap lighthouse on the west end of Unimak Island in the Aleutians. Petit and four other members of his crew were killed in a tsunami which destroyed the lighthouse on 1 April 1946.

 

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