USS Vandalia (1876)

USS Vandalia (1876)
History
United States
NameUSS Vandalia
NamesakeVandalia, Illinois
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Massachusetts
Laid down1872
Launched23 October 1874[1]
Commissioned10 January 1876
Decommissioned1884
Recommissioned15 February 1886
FateWrecked 16 March 1889
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement2,033 long tons (2,066 t)
Length216 ft (66 m) p/p
Beam39 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
Armament8 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.

  1. ^ "The Mails". The Times. No. 28152. London. 5 November 1874. col D, p. 5.