For other ships with the same name, see
USS Vulcan.
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History |
United States |
Launched | 1884 |
Acquired | 2 May 1884 |
Commissioned | 31 May 1898 |
Decommissioned | 12 January 1899 |
Fate | Sold, 3 July 1899 |
General characteristics |
Displacement | 1,909 tons |
Length | 265 ft 4 in (80.87 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
Boats & landing craft carried | One picket boat |
Complement | 197 |
Armament | Two six-pounder guns |
USS Vulcan was an iron-hulled, schooner-rigged screw steamship acquired by the U.S. Navy for use as a repair ship during the Spanish–American War.