RARITAN

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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.

    Frigate
    Laid down 1820 - Launched June 13 1843

  1. USS RARITAN
    Commissioned (date unknown) - Placed in Ordinary 1848
    Reactivated 1849 - Placed in Ordinary October 1852

    Scuttled April 20 1861

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 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.

  1. 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.


 

Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image

1st Commissioning c1843 to 1848


 

Kingston R.I.
CDS

1846 (manuscript) 07-27

No Image

Incoming mail to ship at Pensacola FL


2nd Commissioning 1849 to 1852


 

Philadelphia PA
CDS

c1850-01-18

No Image

Incoming mail to ship at Norfolk VA

 

Other Information

RARITAN was at Norfolk, Virginia, during the secession crises in the winter of 1860–1861. After Virginia seceded from the Union, she was burned and scuttled there to prevent her capture by the forces of the Confederate States of America when the Norfolk Navy Yard fell into their hands

 


 

If you have images or information to add to this page, then either contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it. See Editing Ship Pages for detailed information on editing this page.

 


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