WYOMING

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.

Wyoming Class Screw Sloop-of-War Laid down July 1858 - Launched January 19 1859 USS WYOMING Commissioned October 1859 - Decommissioned July 23 1864 Recommissioned April 11 1865 - Decommission February 10 1868 Recommissioned November 14 1868 - Decommissioned April 30 1874 Assigned to Washington Navy Yard as Receiving Ship 1877 Recommissioned November 20 1877 - Decommissioned October 30 1882 Assigned to Annapolis MD to serve as practice ship for midshipmen of the Naval Academy Sold May 9 1892, to E. J. Butler of Arlington, MA Fate unknown

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.

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.
 
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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 November 14 1868 to April 30 1874

 

New York NY CDS

c1870

No Image

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Foreign Postmark Malaga, Spain

1879-11-15

The date is derived from the enclosed letter. The sender used a Spanish telegraph stamp.

 

Other Information

WYOMING was at San Francisco, at the out break of the Civil War and was ordered to remain in the vicinity
CDR. Mitchell, a Southerner, violated his orders and sailed to Panama, causing him to lose his command and subsequent dismissal from the service
Assigned to the Far East in search of Confederate cruisers especially CSS ALABAMA and to also "show the flag" in Japan protecting American citizen and interests
Fought a battle in the Strait of Shimonoseki on July 14 1863, with ships of the Daimyo Choshiu, victorious she was holed eleven times and suffered eleven casualties
Assigned to the Asiatic Squadron 1867

 

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