ALBANY

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.

Screw Sloop Launched December 3 1864 USS CONTOOCOOK Commissioned March 14 1868 USS ALBANY Renamed May 15 1869 Decommissioned January 7 1870 Served as Quarantine Ship at New York Sold December 12 1872

Naval Covers

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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	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Unknown CDS

1848-03-27

No Image

Posted to U.S.S. ALBANY at Vera Cruz Mexico

 

Lockport NY CDS Boston MA CDS

1857-08-18 to 1857-12-10

No Image

Incoming mail to U.S.S. ALBANY at Pensacola FL

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Winchester MA CDS

c1868-04-21

Incoming mail to U.S.S. CONTOOCOOK at Hampton Roads VA

 

Old Point Comfort VA CDS

c1868-08-12

No Image

Incoming mail to U.S.S. CONTOOCOOK at Norfolk Navy Yard

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The Contoocook River in New Hampshire

 

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