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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Wanka |
| Completed | 1901(?) |
| Commissioned | ~1912 |
| Decommissioned | ~1919 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motorboat, listed as "miscellaneous craft" |
| Length | 48 ft 0 in (14.63 m) [1] |
| Beam | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) [1] |
USS Wanka was a United States Navy motorboat listed on the US Naval Register between 1912 and 1919. She was a wooden motorboat believed to have been built about 1901. She is carried on the Navy Lists of the period from 1912 to 1919 under "miscellaneous craft." She served with the Louisiana Naval Militia before the United States entered World War I in 1917, and operated in the New Orleans, Louisiana area, probably for her entire career. She was dropped from the Navy List on 1 July 1920. [1]