LACKAWANNA
1863 - USS LACKAWANNA (Screw Sloop of War)
Launched by the New York Navy Yard on August 9 1862; sponsored by Miss Imogen Page Cooper
Commissioned January 8 1863 Captain John B. Marchand in command - Decommissioned July 20 1865.
Recommissioned May 7 1866 - Decommissioned February 10 1871
Recommissioned May 8 1872 - Decommissioned April 7 1885
Sold July 30 1887
Named after the Lackawanna River in Pennsylvania.
Research and cover courtesy of Glenn Smith.
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Letter from Dr. George Henry Cooke, US Navy Medical Inspector. Backstamped with a Ocean Grove NJ Received marking.
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1885-03-18 |
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Letter from Dr. George Henry Cooke, US Navy Medical Inspector. Backstamped with a Ocean Grove NJ Received marking.
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