USS Yantic

USS Yantic
History
United States
NameUSS Yantic
NamesakeYantic River, CT
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Launched19 March 1864
Commissioned12 August 1864
ReclassifiedIX-32, 15 May 1921
Stricken9 May 1930
FateSunk, 22 October 1929
General characteristics
TypeGunboat
Displacement836 long tons (849 t)
Length179 ft (55 m) p/p
Beam30 ft (9.1 m)
Draft13 ft 9 in (4.19 m)
Speed9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph)
Complement154
Armament
  • 1 × 100-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle
  • 2 × 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore Dahlgren guns
  • 2 × 24-pounder howitzers
  • 1 × 12-pounder guns

USS Yantic (IX-32), a wooden-hulled screw gunboat built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, was launched on 19 March 1864 and commissioned on 12 August 1864, Lieutenant Commander Thomas C. Harris in command. She was named after the Yantic River.