Description: USCGC ALEX HALEY WMEC-39 Naval Cover 1999 COAST GUARD Commissioned Cachet It was sent 10 Jul 1999. It was franked with stamp "Bartram". This cover is in very good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. Member USCS #10385 (I also earned the stamp collecting merit badge as a boy!). Please contact me if you have specific cover needs. I have thousands for sale, including; navals (USS, USNS, USCGC, Coast Guard, ship, Maritime), military posts, event, APO, hotel, postal history, memoribilia, etc. I offer approvals service with FREE shipping to USA repeat customers. The USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) is a United States Coast Guard Cutter and former U.S. Navy vessel that was recommissioned for Coast Guard duty on 10 July 1999. It was first commissioned as the USS Edenton (ATS-1), an Edenton-class salvage and rescue ship on 23 January 1971. In 1995, Edenton won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet. The conversion from a salvage ship to a Coast Guard cutter involved the removal of the stern towing machine, forward crane, and A-frame, and the installation of a flight-deck, retractable hangar, and air-search radar. Additionally, her four aging Paxman diesel engines were replaced with four 16 cylinder Caterpillar diesels. The cutter was named after author and journalist Alex Haley, the first chief journalist of the Coast Guard, the first African-American to reach the rank of chief petty officer, and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Haley served in the Coast Guard for 20 years. Her current home port is Kodiak, Alaska at the Coast Guard Base Kodiak from where she carries out her Fishery Law Enforcement and Search and Rescue primary missions. Contents1In fiction2Photos3References4External linksIn fictionIn the 2007 novel Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event by James H. Cobb, the Alex Haley is the ship that takes the heroes out to the island where a Tu-4 laden with anthrax crashed during the Cold War. [1] In the 2016 novel Goliath by Shawn Corridan & Gary Waid, the Alex Haley and USCGC Dauntless are the two Coast Guard cutters that respond to the fire aboard and subsequent stranding of a Russian ULCC.[2]
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Condition: Used
Place of Origin: United States
Color: White
Cachet: USCG
Country of Manufacture: United States
Grade: Used
Certification: Uncertified
Vessel: navy
Denomination: 33 Cent
Year of Issue: 1999
Type: vessel
ERA: War on Drugs
Quality: Used
Branch: naval
State: Maryland
Naval: Ship
Country: United States
Event: Naval
People & Occupations: sailor
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Ships, Boats
Cancellation Type: Ship Cancel
