History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Inca |
Owner | U.S. Navy |
Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island |
Completed | 1911 |
Acquired | by the Navy 4 December 1911 |
Commissioned | 1911 |
Stricken | 28 February 1939 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Ferryboat |
Length | 100 ft (30 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Propulsion | steam engine |
USS Inca was a ferryboat constructed for the U.S. Navy in 1911. She served the Navy at major American naval facilities located at Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia; and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She conducted her ferrying services through World War I and then continued her work until the late 1930s, when she was finally struck by the Navy.