VANDALIA

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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.

Boston Class Sloop-of-War Keel Laid 1825 - Launched 1828 USS VANDALIA Commissioned 6 November 1828 - Decommissioned 19 December 1831 Recommissioned 4 October 1832 - Decommissioned 24 August 1834 Recommissioned 31 December 1834 - Decommissioned 23 November 1839 Recommissioned 3 February 1842 - Decommissioned 30 April 1845 Recommissioned 9 August 1849 - Decommissioned 14 October 1852 Recommissioned 14 February 1853 - Decommissioned 30 September 1856 Recommissioned 11 November 1857 - Decommissioned 6 January 1861 Recommissioned 8 November 1861 - Decommissioned 4 February 1863 Assigned to duty as a receiving and guard ship at Portsmouth, NH 17 October 1864 Broken up at Portsmouth NH between 1870 and 1872

Naval Covers

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1. USS Vandalia 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

 

USPO CDS Postmark Norfolk, VA

1833-08-09

The year date was obtained from the heading of the stampless folded letter.

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - A city in Illinois on the Kaskaskia River. Vandalia was the state capital from 1820 to 1839 and today is the seat of Fayette County. The origin of the name is uncertain, but the name probably is derived from the Germanic Vandal tribe. Other explanations of the name hold that it is a latinization of a Dutch family name or that it refers to a small Indian tribe of the early 19th century.

Two ships of the US Navy have borne the name VANDALIA - USS Vandalia (1828) and USS Vandalia (1876)

 

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