Wifi hotspot is not being created on boot

[abrahamq]

pi@CATAN-1:/CATAN/catan-services_1.0/scripts $ ./check_wifi.sh
mon.wlan0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
pi@CATAN-1:/CATAN/catan-services_1.0/scripts $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr b8:27:eb:73:d3:58
inet addr:18.248.5.12 Bcast:18.248.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
inet6 addr: fe80::da2b:e8c3:dede:beef/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2981 errors:0 dropped:19 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:327 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:406405 (396.8 KiB) TX bytes:43201 (42.1 KiB)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:424 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:424 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:34800 (33.9 KiB) TX bytes:34800 (33.9 KiB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 74:da:38:56:1c:51
inet addr:192.168.2.1 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::7f81:3077:244e:583e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:18 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pi@CATAN-1:~/CATAN/catan-services_1.0/scripts $

No wifi-hotspot is created with a usb wifi adapter in the USB3 position