List of ship decommissionings in 1870

The list of ship decommissionings in 1870 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1870.

Date Operator Ship Pennant Class and type Fate and other notes
7 January  United States Navy Contoocook Contoocook-class sloop Reused as a quarantine ship until 1872.[1]
29 July  United States Navy Quinnebaug Decommissioned and laid up in New York before she was broken up in 1871.[2]
11 October  United States Navy Kearsarge Mohican-class sloop Decommissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard before she was recommissioned in 1873.[3]
5 December  United States Navy Piscataqua Java-class frigate Decommissioned and laid up in New York, where she sank in 1876[4]
December 31  United States Navy Saugus Canonicus-class monitor Laid up at Key West and towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard until recommissioned in 1872.[5]

References

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (21 August 2015). "Contoocook". www.history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (21 August 2015). "Quinnebaug I (Sloop of War)". www.history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  3. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. "USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)". www.history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (21 August 2015). "Piscataqua I (ScStr)". www.history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
  5. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (2 September 2015). "Saugus I (Monitor)". www.history.navy.mil. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 29 May 2019.

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