AVENGER

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.

Side-wheel Steamer Ram Built for the U.S. Navy and transferred December 7 1863 USS AVENGER (Side-wheel Ram) Commissioned February 29 1864 - Decommissioned August 1 1865 Sold November 29 1865 to Cutting & Ellis BALIZE (Commercial Service) Renamed April 16 1867 Continued in commercial operation until 1871 Dismantled in 1871

 

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

 

Memphis TN CDS

(1864)-06-14

No Image

Incoming to ship at Red River

 

Unclear CDS

(1864)-12-09

No Image

Incoming to ship at Cairo, Ill

 

Mound City IL CDS

(1865)-07-08

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Other Information

During the Civil War AVENGER was assigned to the Mississippi Squadron Third District
Participated in the following expeditions/actions;
Red River campaign in March 1864 - Blockading duties between Morganza and Donaldsonville, May to November 1864 - Patrol duties on the Mississippi between Vicksburg and Natchez

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Civil War Medal

 

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