NARRAGANSETT

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.

2nd Class Screw Sloop Keel Laid (Date Unknown) - Launched 15 February 1859 USS NARRAGANSETT (Screw Sloop) Commissioned 6 November 1859 - Placed in ordinary March 1865 Reactivated 1869 - Decommissioned 2 July 1869 Recommissioned March 1871 - Decommissioned 1875 Struck from the Naval Register 3 November 1883 Sold 3 November 1883 to Win. E. Mighell of San Francisco Fate unknown

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Narragansett 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

 

Steamship 20 Postmark

1861-03-14 (date of letter)

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Other Information

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

NAMESAKE - An Algonquian tribe which lived in Rhode Island.

Five ships of the US Navy have borne the name NARRAGANSETT - USS Narragansett (1859 Sloop), USS Narragansett SP-2196, USS Narragansett YFB-1163, USS Narragansett AT-88 and USNS Narragansett T-ATF-167.

 

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