History | |
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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.