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Swatara Class Screw Sloop<br/>
Boston Class Sloop-of-War<br/>
Keel Laid 1872 - Launched <br/><br/>
Keel Laid 1825 - Launched 1828<br/><br/>  
<li>'''USS VANDALIA Screw Sloop'''<br/>Commissioned January 1876<br/>
<li>'''USS VANDALIA'''<br/>Commissioned 6 November 1828 - Decommissioned 19 December 1831<br/>
She served with the European Squadron until late in 1878.<br/>
Recommissioned 4 October 1832 - Decommissioned 24 August 1834<br/>  
From December 1877 until March 1878, she transported former President Ulysses S. Grant on a tour of the Mediterranean Sea and its historic ports.<br/>
Recommissioned 31 December 1834 - Decommissioned 23 November 1839<br/>  
Vandalia was assigned to the North Atlantic Squadron from 1879 until 1884<br/>
Recommissioned 3 February 1842 - Decommissioned 30 April 1845<br/>
She decommissioned for overhaul in October 1884.<br/>
Recommissioned 9 August 1849 - Decommissioned 14 October 1852<br/>  
Vandalia recommissioned in February 1886<br/>
Recommissioned 14 February 1853 - Decommissioned 30 September 1856<br/>
August 1886, she left the east coast for the long voyage around South America to join the Pacific Station. She served as the Navy's Pacific flagship during much of the next two years.<br/>
Recommissioned 11 November 1857 - Decommissioned 6 January 1861<br/>
In early 1889, Vandalia was sent to Samoa to help counter German political and military activities in that island kingdom. While anchored in Apia Harbor, Samoa, on 15-16 March 1889, Vandalia was driven ashore by a violent hurricane. The ship was utterly wrecked, and suffered the loss of 43 of her officers and men, including her Commanding Officer, Captain Cornelius M. Schoonmaker. After recovery of fittings and armament, her wreck was donated to the Samoans for its salvage value and broken up.
Recommissioned 8 November 1861 - Decommissioned 4 February 1863<br/>
Assigned to duty as a receiving and guard ship at Portsmouth, NH 17 October 1864<br/>
Broken up at Portsmouth NH between 1870 and 1872
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Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also
<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
classification types for all postmarks based on the [[Locy_System | Locy System]].
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.
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
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1888-03-12<br/>USPO CDS<br/>South Butler, New York
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Mail to Ensign C. E. Sweeting, USN
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The piece was mailed from South Butler, New York to the USS VANDALIA, San Francisco CA., in care of the "Navy Pay Agent".
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A city in Illinois on the Kaskaskia River. Vandalia was the state capital from 1820 to 1839 and today is the seat of Fayette County. The origin of the name is uncertain, but the name probably is derived from the Germanic Vandal tribe. Other explanations of the name hold that it is a latinization of a Dutch family name or that it refers to a small Indian tribe of the early 19th century.<br/><br/>
Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name VANDALIA - USS Vandalia (1828) and [[VANDALIA_II_ | USS Vandalia (1876)]]
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Revision as of 23:45, 18 February 2018


Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
 

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.

    Boston Class Sloop-of-War
    Keel Laid 1825 - Launched 1828

  1. USS VANDALIA
    Commissioned 6 November 1828 - Decommissioned 19 December 1831
    Recommissioned 4 October 1832 - Decommissioned 24 August 1834
    Recommissioned 31 December 1834 - Decommissioned 23 November 1839
    Recommissioned 3 February 1842 - Decommissioned 30 April 1845
    Recommissioned 9 August 1849 - Decommissioned 14 October 1852
    Recommissioned 14 February 1853 - Decommissioned 30 September 1856
    Recommissioned 11 November 1857 - Decommissioned 6 January 1861
    Recommissioned 8 November 1861 - Decommissioned 4 February 1863
    Assigned to duty as a receiving and guard ship at Portsmouth, NH 17 October 1864
    Broken up at Portsmouth NH between 1870 and 1872

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. USS Vandalia 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.


 

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - A city in Illinois on the Kaskaskia River. Vandalia was the state capital from 1820 to 1839 and today is the seat of Fayette County. The origin of the name is uncertain, but the name probably is derived from the Germanic Vandal tribe. Other explanations of the name hold that it is a latinization of a Dutch family name or that it refers to a small Indian tribe of the early 19th century.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name VANDALIA - USS Vandalia (1828) and USS Vandalia (1876)

 

 

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