TAHOMA WPG 80

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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.

    165' A Class Cutter
    Built 1934
    Launched September 5 1934

  1. USCGC TAHOMA CGC-60
    Commissioned October 22 1934

  2. USCGC TAHOMA WPG-80
    Redesignated Gunboat (WPG) May 1942
    Decommissioned October 24 1947
    Designated Auxiliary Examination Vessel (WAGE) May 1 1952

  3. USCGC TAHOMA WAGE-10
    Recommissioned July 16 1952
    Ship was painted orange with the word "GUARD" painted on sides
    Served as Guard Ship at Chesapeake Bay through May 30 1953
    Decommissioned June 5 1953

    Sold October 17 1955 to the Bethlehem Steel Company for scrap

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).

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. Tahoma Covers Page 1     (1944)

 

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

1st Commissioning October 22 1934 to October 24 1947


 

Locy Type
2z

1944-07-17

As WPG-80
Ship had no post office but reported to have used a 2z cancel (USCS Catalog of Naval Postmarks)

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A Salishan Native American word meaning "snow peak". Tahoma is also the name of a glacier on the southwestern slope of Mount Rainier in the state of Washington

 


 

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