USS Wyandank (1847)

	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
History
United States
Laid down	date unknown
Launched	1847
Acquired	12 September 1861
In service	1861
Out of service	circa 1879
Stricken	1879 (est.)
Fate	broken up, 1879
General characteristics
Displacement	400 tons
Length	132' 5"
Beam	31' 5"
Draught	depth of hold 10' 10"
Propulsion	steam engine; side wheel-propelled;
Speed	not known
Complement	not known
Armament	two 12-pounder guns
Armour	wood

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.

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.

References[]

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