The list of ship decommissionings in 1870 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1870. __NOTOC__ DateOperatorShipPennantClass and typeFate and other notes7 JanuaryContoocookContoocook-class sloopReused as a quarantine ship until 1872.29 JulyQuinnebaugDecommissioned and laid up in New York before she was broken up in 1871. 11 OctoberKearsargeMohican-class sloopDecommissioned at the Mare Island Navy Yard before she was recommissioned in 1873.5 DecemberPiscataqua Java-class frigateDecommissioned and laid up in New York, where she sank in 1876 December 31 Laid up at Key West and towed to Philadelphia Navy Yard until recommissioned in 1872.
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