MESQUITE WLB 305

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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.

    Mesquite Class 180 ft Seagoing Buoy Tender
    Keel Laid August 20 1942 - Christened and Launched November 14 1942

  1. USCGC MESQUITE WAGL-305
    Commissioned Miscellaneous Auxiliry (WAGL) August 27 1943
    Decommissioned August 1946
    Recommissioned October 1 1947

  2. USCGC MESQUITE WLB-305
    Redesignated Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB) 1965
    Decommissioned December 5 1989

    Sunk in 117 feet of water to be used for recreational purposes July 14 1990

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.

  1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

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.


 

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Killer Bar Text

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2nd Commissioning October 1 1947 to December 5 1989


 

USPO
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Sault Ste Marie, MI

1957-10-21

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As WAGL-305
Homeport - Sault Ste Marie MI October 1 1947 to 1977
Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)


 

USPS
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Sturgeon Bay WI

1975-02-05

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As WLB-305
Homeport - Sturgeon Bay WI February 1975
Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)


 

USPS
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Gaylord MI

1983-01-24

No Image

As WLB-305
Homeport - Charlevoix MI. Official cutter's cachet.


 

USPS
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Charlevoix MI

1984-10-10

No Image

As WLB-305
Homeport - Charlevoix MI
Add-on cachet by Michael Hebert (Mh Cachets)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large sugar-rich pods.

 


 

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