PENSACOLA

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 Steamer Keel Laid - Launched 15 August 1859 USS PENSACOLA Commissioned (Partial) - December 5, 1859 - Decommissioned 31 January 1860 Commissioned (Full) 16 September 1861 - Decommissioned 29 April 1864 Recommissioned 16 August 1866 - Decommissioned 23 May 1884 Recommissioned 4 April 1885 - Decommissioned 18 April 1892 Recommissioned 22 November 1898 - Decommissioned 31 May 1899 Recommissioned 14 July 1901 - Decommissioned, 6 December 1911 Struck from the Navy Register 23 December 1911 Final Disposition, burned and sunk by the Navy in San Francisco Bay near Hunter’s Point early in May 1912

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.

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

 

Cork killer San Francisco CAL CDS

c1870-12-10

N/A

Printed "PACIFIC STATION / U. S. Flag-ship Pensacola" envelope. The USS Pensacola was assigned to the Pacific Station (or Squadron) from Aug 1866 to June 1883. The 3c Locomotive stamp was issued in March 1869 so the year date of this cover is a guess. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Grid Cancel

c1879

Rubber stamp "U. S. Flag Ship Pensacola" marking. The USS Pensacola was assigned to the Pacific Station (or Squadron) from Aug 1866 to June 1883. The 5c Zachary Taylor stamp was issued in 1879 so the year date of this cover is a guess. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Columbian CDS

1883-01-10

Postal card from Columbia dated 1883. Courtesy of the Glenn Smith collection.

 

Unused

c1898

N/A

Postcard shows apprentice seamen returning from a "cruise" aboard USTS PENSACOLA. Courtesy of the Glenn Smith collection.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Named for a bay and city in Escambia County, Fla.

Four ships of the US Navy have borne the name PENSACOLA - USS PENSACOLA (Screw Steamer), USS Pensacola AG-13, USS Pensacola CA-24 and USS Pensacola LSD-38.

Ships sponsor was Miss Margaret Mallory.

 

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