List of ship decommissionings in 1870

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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.