USS Inca (1911)

History
United States
Name	USS Inca
Namesake	Former names retained
Owner	U.S. Navy
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	date unknown
Completed	1911
Acquired	by the Navy 4 December 1911
Commissioned	1911
Decommissioned	circa 1939
Stricken	28 February 1939
Homeport	Newport, Rhode Island Norfolk, Virginia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
General characteristics
Type	Ferryboat
Length	100'
Beam	28'
Draft	not known
Propulsion	steam engine
Speed	not known
Complement	not known
Armament	not known

USS Inca (1911) was a ferryboat constructed for the U.S. Navy in 1911. She served the Navy at major American naval facilities located at Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia; and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She conducted her ferrying services through World War I and then continued her work until the late 1930s, when she was finally struck by the Navy.

Constructed in Rhode Island[]

The second ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy, Inca, a steam ferry, was built for the Navy by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1911, and accepted by the Navy 4 December 1911.

World War I service[]

She provided ferry service for Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, until about 1920, when she was assigned to the Norfolk, Virginia, area. The ferry remained in service there until the thirties, when she moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Decommissioning[]

Inca was stricken from the Navy List 28 February 1939.

See also[]

• U.S. Navy
• World War I

References[]

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