USS Vandalia (1876)

History
United States
Name	USS Vandalia
Namesake	Vandalia, Illinois
Builder	Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts
Laid down	1872
Launched	23 October 1874[1]
Commissioned	10 January 1876
Decommissioned	1884
Recommissioned	15 February 1886
Fate	Wrecked 16 March 1889
General characteristics
Type	Screw sloop
Displacement	2,033 long tons (2,066 t)
Length	216 ft (66 m) p/p
Beam	39 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold	20 ft (6.1 m)
Armament	8 guns

The second USS Vandalia was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. She was laid down at the Massachusetts Boston Navy Yard in 1872 and was commissioned there on 10 January 1876.