USS Inca (1898)

	USS Inca at the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 9 November 1898.
History
USA
Name	USS Inca
Namesake	Former names retained
Builder	George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down	unknown date
Launched	1898
Acquired	13 June 1898
Commissioned	15 June 1898
Decommissioned	27 August 1898
Stricken	1989 (est.)
Fate	turned over to the Massachusetts militia which she served until 1908
General characteristics
Displacement	120 tons
Length	114'
Beam	18'
Draft	7'
Propulsion	steam engine, screw-driven
Speed	not known
Complement	not known
Armament	one 11-pounder gun

USS Inca (1898) was a small 120-ton yacht acquired by the U. S. Navy during the Spanish-American War. She was outfitted with an 11-pounder gun and, for a short while, patrolled Boston Harbor, before being turned over to the Massachusetts militia as a training ship, a role she retained until 1908.

Built in South Boston

Inca, a screw steamer, was built in 1898 by George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts, and was acquired by the Navy from F. B. McQuesten of Boston, Massachusetts, 13 June 1898. She commissioned 15 June, Lt. W. E. McKay in command.

Inca, was assigned to Boston harbor during the Spanish-American War, serving as a patrol and training vessel.

She decommissioned 27 August 1898, and was turned over to the Massachusetts Militia, which she served as a training ship until 1908.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.