INDEPENDENCE Ship-of-the-Line

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.

Ship of The Line
Launched June 22 1814


1. USS INDEPENDENCE (Ship of the Line)
   Commissioned August 15 1815 - Placed In Ordinary 1822-36
   Recommissioned March 26 1837 – Decommissioned 1840
   Placed In Ordinary 1840
   Recommissioned August 4 1846 – Decommissioned May 30 1849
   Recommissioned July 7 1849 – Decommissioned July 3 1852
   Placed In Ordinary July 3 1852
   Recommissioned September 1854 – Decommissioned October 2 1857
   
   
2. USS INDEPENDENCE (Receiving Ship)
   Receiving ship at Mare Island, CA from October 2 1857 – November 3 1912
   See US Receiving Ship - Mare Island CA for more information
   
   Struck from Naval Register September 3 1913
   Sold November 28 1914
   Burned September 20 1915 to recover her metal fittings

 

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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. USS Independence Covers Page 1    (1908-1912)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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 March 26 1837 to 1840

 

Boston, MA (The origin of the letter)

1837-05-14 (The date of the letter)

N/A

Note:

---

6th Commissioning October 2 1857 to November 3 1912

 

Locy Type 1asy ("RECD") 1908 year date

1908-12-03

From the Steve Shay collection.

 

Locy Type 1s 1908 year date

1908-12-14

Notes:

 

Locy Type 1s 1909 year date

1909-03-16

Note:

 

Locy Type P 1asy ("RECD") removed 1909 year date

1909-08-07

From the Bob Govern collection.

---

 

N/A

N/A

N/A

Painting of the USS INDEPENDENCE

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Freedom of control by others; self-government

 

---

 

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