IONIE

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.

Steam Sloop of War Launched April 12 1869 USS IROQUOIS (Steam Sloop of War) Commissioned November 24 1859 - Decommissioned October 6 1862 Recommissioned January 8 1863 - Decommissioned October 8 1863 Recommissioned March 31 1864 - Decommissioned October 6 1865 Recommissioned January 7 1867 - Decommissioned April 23 1870 Recommissioned August 23 1871 - Decommissioned July 23 1874 Recommissioned April 12 1882 - Decommissioned May 12 1892 Transferred to Marine Hospital Service in Hawaii Recommissioned December 13 1898 - Decommissioned June 30 1899 Transferred again to Marine Hospital Service in Hawaii IONIE (Marine Hospital Service) Name changed November 30 1904 Struck from Naval Register August 26 1910 Fate unknown

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. 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	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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7th Commissioning December 13 1898 to Decommissioned May 12 1892

 

San Jose CA CDS

1889-11-04 to 1889-11-15

Posted to U.S.S. IROQUOIS at Honolulu, Hawaii
Back San Francisco CA 11-04, Honolulu HI 11-15

 

Non-posted Hawaii

1890

Posted to U.S.S. IROQUOIS at Apia Samoa

 

Other Information

Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron January 1860
First assignment during the Civil War was a search and destroy mission to the Caribbean seeking Confederate commerce raiders
In 1862 was re-assigned to the mouth of the Mississippi River in preparation for the attack on New Orleans
After New Orleans, moved up the river to participate in the siege at Vicksburg

 

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