NIPSIC GUNBOAT

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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.

    Gunboat
    Keel Laid December 24 1862 - Launched June 15 1863

  1. USS NIPSIC
    Commissioned September 2 1863 - Decommissioned December 1873
    Partially broken up and completely rebuilt as Adams Class Gunboat

  2. USS NIPSIC
    Commissioned October 11 1879 - Decommissioned October 2 1890

  3. NIPSIC
    Placed In Service at Puget Sound Navy Yard to serve as Receiving Ship and Prison 1892
    Sold February 13 1913

    Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
    Fate Unknown

 

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 incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). 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. Covers Page 1    (1933)

 

Postmarks


1st Commissioning September 2 1863 to December 1873


 

USPO CDS
Portsmouth, NH

1863-10-17

Note:


2nd Commissioning October 11 1879 to October 2 1890


 

- Danville R.P.O.

c1880

No Image

Posted to U.S.S. NIPSIC at Norfolk VA


 

Ships
Marking

USPO CDS
Portsmouth, VA

c1886-11-26

Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.


 

Ships
Marking

SAMOA CDS

1888-12-04

6 pence "Palms" stamp (Sc17a) cancelled Dec 4 with Samoan double ring postmark. USS NIPSIC was stationed in Samoa from 23 Sept 1888 to 15 May 1889. Her tour in Samoa was cut short by damage the ship received from the great 1889 Apia cyclone (15 March 1889). Within the ships marking is written "Apia Island of Upolu / Samoan Islands".
Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

 

Other Information


 


 

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