TENNESSEE

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 Frigate Launched July 8 1865 USS MADAWASKA (Screw Frigate) Commissioned January 1867 USS TENNESSEE (Screw Frigate) Renamed May 15 1869 Decommissioned (date unknown) Sold September 15 1886 to Burdett Pond, Meriden, CT Fate unknown

 

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

 

Washington D. C. CDS

1882-11-01

No Image

Posted to USS TENNESSEE at Hampton Roads

 

Battleboro VT CDS

1883-02-05 to 1883-02-10

Posted to USS TENNESSEE at Aspinwall Colombia
Back...New York NY 02-10

 

Other Information

Served as flagship for the Asiatic Squadron from 1869 to 1879
Reassigned as flagship for the North Atlantic Squadron 1879

 

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