Laid down date unknown In service 1861 Struck 1879 (est.) Launched 1847 Weight 406.4 tons | Acquired 12 September 1861 Out of service circa 1879 Fate broken up, 1879 Length 40 m Displacement 362,900 kg | |
USS Wyandank (1847) was a steamer acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a storeship and as a barracks ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways.
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Wyandank constructed in New York City in 1847
Wyandank—a wooden-hulled, sidewheel ferryboat built at New York City in 1847 and sometimes documented as Wyandanck—was acquired by the Union Navy on 12 September 1861 from the Union Ferry Co. of Brooklyn, New York.
Participation in the American Civil War operations
Wyandank was used during the Civil War as storeship for the Potomac Flotilla.
Post-war service as a barracks ship
After hostilities ended, Wyandank served at Annapolis, Maryland, into the 1870s as a floating barracks for United States Marines assigned to the United States Naval Academy.
End-of-service fate
She was broken up there in 1879.
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