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
Keel Laid May 16 1854 - Launched October 24 1855


1. USS WABASH Frigate
   Commissioned August 18 1856 - Decommissioned March 1 1858
   Recommissioned May 25 1858 - Decommissioned December 20 1859
   Recommissioned May 16 1861 - Decommissioned February 14 1865
   Recommissioned August 20 1904 - Decommissioned November 15 1912
   
   Struck from Naval Register November 15 1912
   Sold December 30 1912
   Burned at Eastport, ME June 26 1913 to recover her metal fittings

 

Naval Covers

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1. Covers Page 1    (1909)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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3rd Commissioning May 16 1861 to February 14 1865

 

Wellesboro PA CDS

1862-01-08

No Image

Incoming mail to ship at Port Royal SC

 

Baltimore MD CDS

1862-10-09

No Image

Incoming mail to Asst. Engineer

 

Jenkintown PA CDS

c1864-03-05

No Image

Incoming mail to ship at Port Royal SC

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4th Commissioning August 20 1904 to November 15 1912

 

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

1909-11-29

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

 

Locy Type 1ay USCS Catalog Illus. W-1

1909-11-29

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

 

Other Information

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

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

 

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