PORTSMOUTH
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.
Launched October 23 1843 |
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.
- 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.
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.
>>> 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 |
Postmark Date |
Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image |
Thumbnail Link To Cover Image |
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Brooklyn NY CDS |
c1870's 05-05 |
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No Image |
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Other Information
Initially assigned to the Mexican coast in the Gulf of Mexico
Shifted to the Pacific coast 1848
Reassigned to the Africa coast 1859
Captured Slaver VIRGINIAN off Congo River February 6 1860
Captured Brig FALMOUTH off Porto Praya June 5 1860
Assigned to the Gulf Blockading Squadron December 1861
During the Civil War took as prizes, SS LABUAN and SS WAVE on February 18 1862 and PIONEER on February 20 1862
From 1866 to 1867 Portsmouth serviced as quarantine vessel at New York
Participated in surveying assignments in the eastern Pacific, 1873 to 1874
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