NAHANT

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.

Passiac Class Monitor Launched October 7 1862 USS NAHANT (Monitor) Commissioned December 29 1862 - Decommissioned to reserve August 11 1865 Renamed ATLAS June 15 1869 while in reserve Name reverted to NAHANT August 10 1869 Recommissioned April 12 1898 - Decommissioned 1898 Sold April 6 1904 to L. E. Hunt of Melrose, Massachusetts for scrap

Naval Covers

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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.

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

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1st Commissioning December 29 1862 to August 11 1865

 

Lynn MA CDS

c1864-02-27

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Incoming mail to ship at Port Royal SC

 

Other Information

NAHANT served in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War
NAMESAKE - A seaside resort in Essex County, Mass., located on a small peninsula on Massachusetts Bay

 

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