ST LAWRENCE

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 ST. LAWRENCE
Commissioned August 17 1848 - Decommissioned November 15 1849
Recommissioned February 5 1851 - Decommissioned August 11 1851
Recommissioned November 18 1851
Assigned 1853 to Pacific Squadron as Flagship
Decommissioned April 21 1855
Recommissioned September 22 1856
Assigned as Flagship for the Brazil Squadron
Decommissioned May 25 1859
Recommissioned June 21 1861
Assigned to the Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Hampton Roads
Reassigned October 19 1861 to the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Reassigned March 6 1862 to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Ran aground March 6 1862 and damaged by shelling by CSS VIRGINIA
Reassigned March 23 1862 to the East Blockading Squadron
Assigned July 1862 as Flagship for the East Blockading Squadron
Decommissioned May 30 1863
Recommissioned August 5 1863
Assigned as Ordnance Ship for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
Decommissioned December 12 1865
Used as Barracks Ship for marines at Norfolk from 1867-75

Struck from Naval Register (Date unknown)
Sold December 31 1875 to E. Stannard and Co. Westbook, CT.

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

Postmarks

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

5th Commissioning June 21 1861 to May 30 1863

U.S. Ship

c1863

Posted while assigned as Flagship, East Blockading Squadron

Other Information

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Civil War Medal

NAMESAKE - A river forming part of the boundary between the United States and Canada as it flows from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic

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