VANDALIA II

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 VANDALIA
Commissioned January 10 1876 - Decommissioned October 14 1884
Recommissioned February 15 1886
Lost (grounded in storm) March 1889 off Apia Samoa

Dismantled at Samoa and donated to the Samoans

Naval Covers

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Covers Page 1 (DATE RANGE)

Postmarks

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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.

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

1st Commissioning January 10 1876 to October 14 1884

Cincinnati OH
Duplex

Boston MA
Newspaper

1881-05-09

Incoming mail to ship at Boston

2nd Commissioning February 15 1886 to March 1889

USPO CDS
South Butler, NY

1888-03-12

N/A

The piece was mailed from South Butler, New York to the USS VANDALIA, San Francisco CA., in care of the "Navy Pay Agent".

Other Information

VANDALIA was initially assigned to the European Squadron
Reassigned to the North Atlantic Squadron April 7 1879

NAMESAKE - A city in Illinois on the Kaskaskia River

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