COLUMBIA

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.

Frigate Keel Laid 1825 as a Ship-Rigged Sailing Frigate Not launched until 9 March 1836 USF COLUMBIA (Frigate) Commissioned 1838 Placed in ordinary (reserves) at Norfolk Navy Yard in October 1847 Reactivated in late 1854 USF Columbia was at Norfolk at the outbreak of the Civil War where she was scuttled and burned by Union forces to avoid her capture by Confederates upon the surrender of Norfolk Navy Yard 21 April 1861. After the war she was raised and sold at Norfolk 10 October 1867

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. USF Columbia 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

 

USPO CDS Postmark Baltimore, MD

1846-07-03

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - The personification of the United States of America. The capital of South Carolina and a river in the northwestern United States between Oregon and Washington.

 

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