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 |
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June 9 | United States Navy | A. Houghton | Bark | Decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard and sold at public auction on 10 August 1965 [1] | |
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 24 | United States Navy | Nantucket | Passaic-class monitor | Placed in reserve until recommissioned in 1882 | |
August 11 | United States Navy | Nahant | Passaic-class monitor | Placed in reserve until recommissioned in 1898 | |
November 25 | United States Navy | Passaic | Passaic-class monitor | Placed in reserve until recommissioned in 1876 | |
unknown date | United States Navy | Montauk | Passaic-class monitor | Sold to Frank Samuel on 14 April 1904 |
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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.
Ship events in 1865 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 |
Ship commissionings: | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 |
Shipwrecks: | 1860 | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | 1869 | 1870 |