MONONGAHELA

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.

USS MONONGAHELA (Screw Sloop of War)
Commissioned January 15 1863 - Decommissioned 1879
Recommissioned 1883 as Supply Ship
Decommissioned 1890
Recommissioned 1891 as Naval Reserve Training Ship
Converted to Stores Ship at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1904
Destroyed by fire March 17 1908

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (1900)

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

PHOTO POSTCARD

N/A

No Image

U. S. TRAINING SHIP "MONONGAHELA," DISPLACMENT 2100 TONS. LENGTH 223 FEET. MAIN BATTERY 6 GUNS.

2nd Commissioning 1883 to 1890

Callao Peru
CDS

Ships Marking

1884-11-05

Pacific Squadron Storeship. Cover is franked with a pair of 1c overprinted Sun God of the Incas stamp (Sc.65) and a pair of 10c Sun God of the Incas stamp (Sc.26) for a total of 22 centavos in postage to send this letter to Burlington VT. Courtesy of the Jim Myerson collection.

Colombo Chile
CDS

New York NY
Duplex "Paid Full"

1887-05-25
to
1887-07-26

Note:

3rd Commissioning 1891 to March 17 1908

New York NY
Duplex

1900-08-31

USTS Monongahela. Cover to Officer aboard the training ship for apprentices stationed at the Training Station, Newport, R.I. Backstamped from Lisbon Portugal dated Sept. 12 1900.

New York NY
Duplex

1900-08-31

USTS Monongahela. Cover to Officer aboard the training ship for apprentices stationed at the Training Station, Newport, R.I. Backstamped from Lisbon Portugal dated Sept. 12 1900.

Other Information

NAMESAKE - The river that flows north from Fairmont, W. Va., into southwest Pennsylvania to join the Allegheny at Pittsburgh, forming the Ohio. Entirely navigable by means of locks, the Monongahela is an important freight artery

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