USS Inca (ID-3219)

Career (USA)
Name:	USS Inca
Namesake:	Former names retained
Builder:	J. H. Dialogue and Sons, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down:	date unknown
Completed:	1879
Acquired:	by the Navy 31 July 1918
Recommissioned:	2 August 1918 as USS Inca (ID-3219)
Decommissioned:	1 February 1919
Struck:	1 February 1919
Homeport:	Parris Island, South Carolina
Fate:	Not known
General characteristics
Type:	Tugboat
Tonnage:	103 tons
Length:	101'
Beam:	20'
Draft:	7' 9"
Propulsion:	not known
Speed:	12 knots
Complement:	not known
Armament:	none
Armor:	steel hull

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

USS Inca (ID-3219) was a tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was assigned to the Parris Island, South Carolina, Marine barracks. She served until 1 February 1919.

Constructed in Camden, New Jersey

The fourth ship to be so named, Inca, an iron tug, was built in 1879 by J. H. Dialogue & Sons, Camden, New Jersey; and acquired by the Navy 31 July 1918. She commissioned 2 August 1918.

World War I service

The tug was assigned to the 6th Naval District, headquartered at Charleston, South Carolina, and operated until after World War I ended at Parris Island Marine Barracks, South Carolina.

Post-war disposition

She was stricken from the Navy List 1 February 1919.

See also

• U.S. Navy
• World War I

References

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