SWATARA
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.
Launched May 23 1865 Recommissioned November 11 1869 - Decommissioned December 20 1871 Ship was dismantled and completely rebuilt into new hull 1871-73 Launched September 17 1873 Recommissioned December 24 1879 - Decommissioned October 27 1886 Recommissioned March 1 1888 - Decommissioned February 7 1891 Struck from Naval Register July 29 1896 Sold November 2 1896 to the Johnson Wrecking Co. San Francisco for scrap |
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.
- 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 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.
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Postmark Type |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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1st Commissioning November 15 1865 to June 17 1869
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Multiple strikes |
1868-09-18 |
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USPO CDS Toledo, Ohio 1868-09-18
USPO Paid All New York, N.Y. 1868-09-22
P. F. Stevens Despatch Agent London 1868-10-03
Great Britain Paid London 1868-10-30
Back London CDS 1868-10-30
2nd Commissioning May 11 1874 to November 5 1878
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Ships Marking |
c1874 |
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Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection
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Steamship |
c1876 |
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Non-postal ship's mark / Philadelphia CDS
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Steamship |
c1876 |
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No Image |
Non-postal ship's mark
Other Information
NAMESAKE - The Swatara River in Pennsylvania
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