Description: Offered for your consideration is an Antique Ephemera piece...an 1825 Handwritten US Gosport VA Navy Yard Letter Document...USS Ship "Decoy"... order pertaining to to a survey of armaments, stores and effects on board the ship...For a bit more about this particular ship, please see below: USS Decoy was a schooner in the US Navy during the 1820s. Decoy was purchased 27 December 1822 by Commodore David Porter at New York under the name Zodiac.On 16 January 1823 she sailed from New York under the command of Lieutenant Lawrence Kearny to join the West Indies Squadron. Newly organized by the Navy for the suppression of piracy in the West Indies, this force was composed of small shallow-draft ships capable of cruising close in shore and ascending rivers in carrying out their mission. Decoy was employed as a storeship carrying supplies from New York to the West Indies for this fleet until 22 December 1825 when she arrived at Norfolk Navy Yard.Decoy was sold early in January 1826. please e-mail with any questions...check out my positive feedback scores and bid with confidence... Thanks for looking...Good Luck!
Price: 95 USD
Location: Auburn, Maine
End Time: 2024-11-22T19:50:00.000Z
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