List of ship decommissionings in 1865

The list of ship decommissionings in 1865 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1865.

Date Operator Ship Pennant Class and type Fate and other notes
April  United States Navy Tyler Sold at a public auction on 17 August 1865
June 9  United States Navy A. Houghton Bark Decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard and sold at public auction on 10 August 1965 [1]
June 13  United States Navy Sonoma Sold on 1 October 1867
June 16  United States Navy Saugus Canonicus-class monitor Laid up at Washington Navy Yard, Washington, District of Columbia until recommissioned in 1869 [2]
June 23  United States Navy Cherokee Sold to the Chilean Navy on 1 August 1865
June 24  United States Navy Nantucket Passaic-class monitor Placed in reserve until recommissioned in 1882
June 28  United States Navy Isonomia Sold on 12 July 1865
June 30  United States Navy Romeo Sold on 17 August 1865
July 15  United States Navy Iris Transferred to the United States Lighthouse Service on 18 October 1865
July 29  United States Navy Collier Sold in 1865
July 31  United States Navy Pocahontas Sold on 30 November 1865
August 1  United States Navy Avenger Sold on 25 November 1865
August 4  United States Navy Abeona Sold on 11 August 1865
August 4  United States Navy Mist Sold on 17 August 1865
August 8  United States Navy Preston Sold on 30 August 1865
August 11  United States Navy Nahant Passaic-class monitor Placed in reserve until recommissioned in 1898
August 28  United States Navy Huntsville Sold on 30 November 1865
September 9  United States Navy State of Georgia Sold on 25 October 1865
November 25  United States Navy Passaic Passaic-class monitor Placed in reserve until recommissioned in 1876
December 15  United States Navy Hornet Sold in 1869
unknown date  United States Navy Montauk Passaic-class monitor Sold to Frank Samuel on 14 April 1904
unknown date  French Navy Bretagne Used as a schoolship and gunnery trainer, then scrapped on 28 January 1880
unknown date  Royal Navy Weser Nix-class aviso Sold and scrapped on 29 October 1873
unknown date  United States Navy Banshee Sold on 30 November 1865

References

  1. ^ "A. Houghton". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2019. After the South collapsed, she sailed north late in May 1865 and was decommissioned for the last time at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 9 June 1865. She was sold at public auction there on 10 August 1865.
  2. ^ 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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