YP 63

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 DEXTER WYP 63
Commissioned 1925 - Decommissioned 1936
YP 63
Transferred to the US Navy and placed in service 1936
Placed out of service 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Sold July 2 1946, to James B. Fowler, Revere, MA.
Sold in 1957 to M. V. Kingfisher, Inc. of East Boston, MA., renamed MV KINGFISHER
Sold in 1961 to Robert H. Wagner of Chicago, Il., renamed MV JAMAICA
Renamed MV TRINIDAD in 1963
Renamed MV BUCCANEER in 1994
Scheduled to be sunk as a dive attraction in Lake Michigan off Chicago early summer 2010

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1968)

Postmarks

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

Commercial Service 1946 to 2000

USPO
Machine Cancel

Chicago IL

1968-06-27

N/A

MV TRINIDAD Cover by James A. Klinger

Other Information

USCGC Dexter was assigned to Boston, MA. from 1925 to 1927, Pascagoula, MI., 1927 to 1935 and Buffalo, N.Y. 1935 to 1936

NAMESAKE - Samuel Dexter (1761-1816)
Educated at Harvard and trained as a lawyer, Samuel Dexter resigned his seat as Massachusetts Senator in June 1800 to accept the position of Secretary of War in the cabinet of President John Adams. Upon Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott's resignation in December 1800, Adams appointed Dexter ad interim Secretary to serve until the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as President. Dexter served less than a year in Adams's cabinet and has no great acts associated with his name. It has been said that "his temperament and intellectual endowment ill suited him for that minute diligence and attention to intricate details which the departments of War and Finance imposed on the incumbents of office.
Shortly before the termination of Adams's administration, the President offered Dexter a foreign embassy, but Dexter declined, remaining at the Treasury Department until Jefferson became President.

YP-63 earned the American Defense Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

During World War II YP-63 was assigned to the Atlantic Sea Frontier, and eventually based at NOB Trinidad. BWI

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