History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Inca |
Namesake | Former names retained |
Builder | J. H. Dialogue and Sons, Camden, New Jersey |
Laid down | date unknown |
Completed | 1879 |
Acquired | by the Navy 31 July 1918 |
Recommissioned | 2 August 1918 as USS Inca (ID-3219) |
Decommissioned | 1 February 1919 |
Stricken | 1 February 1919 |
Homeport | Parris Island, South Carolina |
Fate | Not known |
General characteristics | |
Type | Tugboat |
Tonnage | 103 tons |
Length | 101 ft (31 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draft | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) |
Propulsion | not known |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | not known |
Armament | none |
Armor | steel hull |
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