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	<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>		<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
	This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during		This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
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	The list is in chronological order.		The list is in chronological order.
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	<li>'''USS CONGRESS ~~Screw Sloop~~'''</li> <!-- Designation: Screw Sloop \| Hullnumber: None -->		<li>'''USS CONGRESS''' (Screw Sloop)</li> <!-- Designation: Screw Sloop \| Hullnumber: None -->
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	"The fifth '''CONGRESS''' was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N. Harrison in command. The ship was variously known as "PUSHMATAHA", and "CAMBRIDGE" prior to 10 August 1869 when she was renamed CONGRESS, the name under which she performed all her service.<br/>		"The fifth '''CONGRESS''' was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N. Harrison in command. The ship was variously known as "PUSHMATAHA", and "CAMBRIDGE" prior to 10 August 1869 when she was renamed CONGRESS, the name under which she performed all her service.<br/>

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	<li>'''USS CONGRESS Screw Sloop'''<br/><~~br/~~>		<li>'''USS CONGRESS Screw Sloop'''</li> <!-- Designation: Screw Sloop \| Hullnumber: None -->
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	"The fifth '''CONGRESS''' was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N. Harrison in command. The ship was variously known as "PUSHMATAHA", and "CAMBRIDGE" prior to 10 August 1869 when she was renamed CONGRESS, the name under which she performed all her service.<br/>		"The fifth '''CONGRESS''' was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N. Harrison in command. The ship was variously known as "PUSHMATAHA", and "CAMBRIDGE" prior to 10 August 1869 when she was renamed CONGRESS, the name under which she performed all her service.<br/>
	Her initial cruise, undertaken in 1870, was as flagship for Commodore J. Green of the South Atlantic Squadron. Returning to Boston on 29 May 1871 she was placed under Commander H. Davenport. In the summer of that year she transported supplies from New York to the POLARIS which was anchored at Godhavn, Disco Island, preparatory to departing on an Arctic expedition. Late in 1871 CONGRESS served also as flagship for Vice Admiral Rowan who had been designated to accord suitable reception to a visiting Russian squadron.<br/>		Her initial cruise, undertaken in 1870, was as flagship for Commodore J. Green of the South Atlantic Squadron. Returning to Boston on 29 May 1871 she was placed under Commander H. Davenport. In the summer of that year she transported supplies from New York to the POLARIS which was anchored at Godhavn, Disco Island, preparatory to departing on an Arctic expedition. Late in 1871 CONGRESS served also as flagship for Vice Admiral Rowan who had been designated to accord suitable reception to a visiting Russian squadron.<br/>

NCMSysop: added entry in ship name and designation history

2020-06-01T01:24:30Z

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 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"The fifth '''CONGRESS''' was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N. Harrison in command. The ship was variously known as "PUSHMATAHA", and "CAMBRIDGE" prior to 10 August 1869 when she was renamed CONGRESS, the name under which she performed all her service.<br/>
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Her initial cruise, undertaken in 1870, was as flagship for Commodore J. Green of the South Atlantic Squadron. Returning to Boston on 29 May 1871 she was placed under Commander H. Davenport. In the summer of that year she transported supplies from New York to the POLARIS which was anchored at Godhavn, Disco Island, preparatory to departing on an Arctic expedition. Late in 1871 CONGRESS served also as flagship for Vice Admiral Rowan who had been designated to accord suitable reception to a visiting Russian squadron.<br/>

GregCiesielski: added ship page and 1 cover

2009-09-08T03:37:36Z

added ship page and 1 cover

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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
   
    "The fifth '''CONGRESS''' was launched by the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 July 1868, sponsored by Miss P. Drake, daughter of Senator Drake of Missouri; and commissioned 4 March 1870, Captain N. Harrison in command. The ship was variously known as "PUSHMATAHA", and "CAMBRIDGE" prior to 10 August 1869 when she was renamed CONGRESS, the name under which she performed all her service. 
    Her initial cruise, undertaken in 1870, was as flagship for Commodore J. Green of the South Atlantic Squadron. Returning to Boston on 29 May 1871 she was placed under Commander H. Davenport. In the summer of that year she transported supplies from New York to the POLARIS which was anchored at Godhavn, Disco Island, preparatory to departing on an Arctic expedition. Late in 1871 CONGRESS served also as flagship for Vice Admiral Rowan who had been designated to accord suitable reception to a visiting Russian squadron. 
    After a cruise to Haiti in early 1872, CONGRESS sailed from Norfolk on 14 February to join the Mediterranean Squadron. This lengthy tour included visits to many ports of Europe and ended at Key West, Florida, where she arrived on 5 January 1874. She was back in the Mediterranean by 9 April and visited ports on the coasts of Africa and Europe before returning to Philadelphia to visit the Centennial Exposition of 1876. 
    CONGRESS was decommissioned on 26 July 1876, at Portsmouth, N.H., and laid up in ordinary until 20 September 1883, when she was sold. {DANFS}
   
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also
the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything
of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the
classification types for all postmarks based on the [[Locy_System | Locy System]].



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</th><th valign="center">Primary Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text
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1872-09-21 Double-ring CDS Geneva Switzerland
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Mail to LCDR William T. Sampson
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The piece was mailed from Switzerland (Geneva) on September 21st, 1872 to Sampson c/o the American Consulate at Brest, France. The back shows a trail to Lyon, France on the same day, at Paris on the 22nd, and to Brest on the 23rd. 
LCDR Sampson would rise in rank to Rear Admiral and command the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898.




 
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