USS Inca (1898)

300px USS Inca at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 9 November 1898.
Career (USA)	Union Navy Jack
Name:	USS Inca
Namesake:	Former names retained
Builder:	George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down:	unknown date
Launched:	1898
Acquired:	13 June 1898
Commissioned:	15 June 1898
Decommissioned:	27 August 1898
Struck:	1989 (est.)
Fate:	turned over to the Massachusetts militia which she served until 1908
General characteristics
Displacement:	120 tons
Length:	114'
Beam:	18'
Draft:	7'
Propulsion:	steam engine, screw-driven
Speed:	not known
Complement:	not known
Armament:	one 11-pounder gun

For other ships of the same name, see USS Inca.

USS Inca (1898) was a small 120-ton yacht acquired by the U. S. Navy during the Spanish-American War. She was outfitted with an 11-pounder gun and, for a short while, patrolled Boston Harbor, before being turned over to the Massachusetts militia as a training ship, a role she retained until 1908.

Built in South Boston

Inca, a screw steamer, was built in 1898 by George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts, and was acquired by the Navy from F. B. McQuesten of Boston, Massachusetts, 13 June 1898. She commissioned 15 June, Lt. W. E. McKay in command.

Spanish-American War service

Inca, was assigned to Boston harbor during the Spanish-American War, serving as a patrol and training vessel.

Subsequent service

She decommissioned 27 August 1898, and was turned over to the Massachusetts Militia, which she served as a training ship until 1908.

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

See also

• United States Navy
• Spanish-American War
• Massachusetts militia

External links

• USS Inca (1898-1908)