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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Screw Sloop<br/>
Launched May 23 1865<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SWATARA''' (Screw Sloop)</li>
Commissioned November 15 1865 - Decommissioned June 17 1869<br/>
Recommissioned November 11 1869 - Decommissioned December 20 1871<br/>
Ship was dismantled and completely rebuilt into new hull 1871-73<br/>
Launched September 17 1873<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS SWATARA''' (Screw Sloop)</li>
Commissioned May 11 1874 - Decommissioned November 5 1878<br/>
Recommissioned December 24 1879 - Decommissioned October 27 1886<br/>
Recommissioned March 1 1888 - Decommissioned February 7 1891<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register July 29 1896<br/>
Sold November 2 1896 to the Johnson Wrecking Co. San Francisco for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
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.
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<li><!-- [[PAGE_NAME_Covers_Page_1 | --> Covers Page 1 <!-- ]] -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(DATE RANGE)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
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.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>1st Commissioning November 15 1865 to June 17 1869</h4>

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Multiple strikes 
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1868-09-18<br/>to<br/>1868-10-30
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[[Image:JonBurdett swatara 18680918.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett swatara 18680918 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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USPO CDS Toledo, Ohio 1868-09-18<br/>
USPO Paid All New York, N.Y. 1868-09-22<br/>
P. F. Stevens Despatch Agent London 1868-10-03<br/>
Great Britain Paid London 1868-10-30<br/>
Back London CDS 1868-10-30
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<h4>2nd Commissioning May 11 1874 to November 5 1878</h4>
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Ships Marking
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c1874
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Swatara_c1874_1_Marking.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_Swatara_c1874_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection
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Steamship
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c1876
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[[Image:JonBurdett swatara c1876.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett swatara c1876 back.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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Non-postal ship's mark / Philadelphia CDS
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Steamship
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c1876
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[[Image:JonBurdett swatara c1876 cach.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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No Image
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Non-postal ship's mark 
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - The Swatara River in Pennsylvania

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