OSCEOLA AT 47
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.
Keel Laid 1896 Launched 1897 as WINTHROP Operated by Staples Coal Co. Purchased by U.S. Navy March 21 1898 Recommissioned July 1 1911 Decommissioned November 15 1922 Struck from Naval Register November 15 1922 Sold March 24 1923 to F.E. Pope, Washington, D.C. Fate unknown |
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Postmarks
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2nd Commissioning July 1 1911 to November 15 1922
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Locy Type |
1915-08-01 |
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Sailor mail from Cuba to England. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.
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Locy Type |
1915-08-18 |
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Sailor mail from Cuba to England.
Other Information
USS OSCEOLA earned the Spanish Campaign Medal, the Haitian Campaign Medal (with 1919-1920 clasp) and the World War I Victory Medal during her Naval career.
NAMESAKE - Osceola, the son of an Englishman and a Creek Mother was probably born in Georgia about 1800. A noted Seminole chief and leader during the second Seminole War, Osceola was seized when he appeared for a conference in October 1837 and died in prison at Fort Moultrie, S. C., 30 January 1838.
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