USS Inca (1898)
USS Inca at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 9 November 1898. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Inca |
| Builder | George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts |
| Launched | 1898 |
| Acquired | 13 June 1898 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 27 August 1898 |
| Fate | Turned over to the Massachusetts militia which she served until 1908 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Yacht |
| Displacement | 120 long tons (120 t) |
| Length | 114 ft (35 m) |
| Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Propulsion | steam engine, screw-driven |
| Armament | 1 × 11-pounder gun |
USS Inca was a small 120-long-ton (120 t) yacht acquired by the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War. It 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 it retained until 1908.