USS Wyandank
The war in Virginia; The U.S. steamer Wyandank, dismounting and removing guns from the Rebel batteries at Cockpit Point, on the Potomac River, March 11, 1862
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History | |
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United States | |
Launched | 1847 |
Acquired | 12 September 1861 |
In service | 1861 |
Fate | Broken up, 1879 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 400 tons |
Length | 132 ft 5 in (40.36 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 5 in (9.58 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
Propulsion |
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Armament | two 12-pounder guns |
USS Wyandank was a
storeship and as a barracks ship in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate
waterways.
Service history
Wyandank—a wooden-hulled, sidewheel
Brooklyn, New York. Wyandank was used during the Civil War as storeship for the Potomac Flotilla. 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
. She was broken up there in 1879.
See also
- Union Blockade
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.