&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_Inca_SP-1212.jpg) USS Inca (SP-1212) probably photographed circa July 1917, while undergoing conversion for Navy service.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Inca |
| Namesake | Former names retained. |
| Owner | F. B. McQuesten of Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | date unknown |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | leased by the Navy 28 July 1917 |
| Commissioned | 28 July 1917 as USS Inca (SP 1212) at Boston, Massachusetts |
| Decommissioned | 17 April 1919 |
| Renamed | USS SP-1212 in 1918 |
| Stricken | 1919 (est.) |
| Homeport | |
| Fate | Returned to her owner, 17 April 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motorboat |
| Tonnage | 23 tons |
| Length | 62' 4" |
| Beam | 10' 11" |
| Draft | 2' 6" |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | One 1-pounder gun |
USS Inca (SP-1212) was a 62-foot-long motorboat leased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as a patrol craft, but was additionally assigned other duties, such as rescue craft, seaplane tender, and dispatch boat. She served in the Boston, Massachusetts, and Hampton Roads, Virginia, waterways until war’s end when she was returned to her owner.