COLORADO

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.

Screw Frigate Launched June 19 1856 USS COLORADO (Screw Frigate) Commissioned March 13 1858 Placed in ordinary August 6 1858 Recommissioned June 3 1861 Assigned to Gulf Blockading Squadron Decommissioned June 28 1862 Recommissioned November 10 1862 - Decommissioned February 18 1864 Recommissioned September 1 1864 Assigned to North Atlantic Blockading Squadron Decommissioned February 3 1865 Recommissioned May 25 1865 Assigned to European Squadron as Flagship Placed in ordinary September 7 1867 Recommissioned February 15 1870 Assigned to Asiatic Station as Flagship Decommissioned March 25 1873 Recommissioned December 2 1873 Assigned to North Atlantic Station Decommissioned June 8 1875 Assigned as Receiving Ship at New York Navy Yard from 1876 - 1884 Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown) Sold February 14 1885 Fate unknown

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. 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.

 

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

---

2nd Commissioning June 3 1861 to June 28 1862

 

Boston MA CDS / PAID

1862-02-10

N/A

Note:

---

3rd Commissioning November 10 1862 to February 18 1864

 

U. S. SHIP

c1863

Note:

---

7th Commissioning December 2 1873 to June 8 1875

 

USPO CDS Postmark Key West, FL

1874-02-17

Note the ships chaplain's personal marking at the upper left, three days prior to the actual posting.

 

Undecipherable postmark

1874-03-04

Ship's Marking, addressed to ships chaplains family member. Cover courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Undecipherable postmark

1874-03-04

Chaplain's Marking, addressed to ships chaplains family member. Cover courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Mergersburgh PA CDS

1884-02-28

Letter addressed to ship while Receiving Ship at New York
Back New York Rec'd 02-29-84...Late arrival Train Detention

 

Other Information

USS COLORADO earned the Civil War Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - The Colorado River

 

---

 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 

---

Copyright 2024 Naval Cover Museum