WABASH Old Frigate

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.

Colorado Class Frigate (steam screw frigate) Keel Laid 16 May 1854 - Launched 24 October 1855 USS WABASH (Screw Frigate) Commissioned 18 August 1856 - Decommissioned 1 March 1858 Recommissioned 25 May 1858 - Decommissioned 20 December 1859 Recommissioned 16 May 1861 - Decommissioned 14 February 1865 Placed in ordinary from 1866 to 1869, overhauled in 1870 and 1871 Recommissioned 24 October 1871 - Decommissioned 25 April 1874 Placed in ordinary 1875 and served as a housed-over receiving ship at Boston Navy Yard from 1876 to 1912 See US Receiving Ship - Boston MA for more information Struck from Naval Register 15 November 1912 Sold 15 November 1912 for scrapping Burned at Eastport, ME 26 June 1913 to recover her metal fittings

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Wabash Covers Page 1    (1909)

 

Postmarks

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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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3rd Commissioning 16 May 1861 to 14 February 1865

 

USPO CDS Wellesboro PA

1862-01-08

N/A

Incoming mail to ship at Port Royal SC

 

USPO CDS Baltimore MD

1862-10-09

N/A

Incoming mail to Asst. Engineer

 

USPO CDS Jenkintown PA

c1864-03-05

N/A

Incoming mail to ship at Port Royal SC

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4th Commissioning 20 August 1904 to 15 November 1912

 

Locy Type 1ay USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. W-1

1909-11-29

Picture postcard from Lowell, MA and additional postmark from Lowell, MA

 

Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - A river that rises in Drake County, Ohio, near Fort Recovery and meanders westward across Indiana until it reaches Illinois at a point just southwest of Terre Haute. South of that point, it outlines the border between the two states until emptying into the Ohio a few miles west of Uniontown, Ky. Wabash is an abbreviation of the Miami Indian name for the stream, Wabashiki, which means "bright white" or "gleaming white." It refers to the limestone bed of the stream along its upper course The ships sponsor was Miss Pennsylvania Grice.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name WABASH - USS Wabash (1855 Screw Frigate), USS Wabash ID-1824, USS Wabash AOG-4 and USS Wabash AOR-5.

 

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