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Wyandank (Storeship)

1861-1879

The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.

(Storeship: tonnage 400; length 132'5"; beam 31'5"; depth of hold 10'10"; armament 2 12-pounders)

Wyandank, a wooden-hulled, side wheel ferry built at New York City in 1847 and sometimes documented as Wyandanck, was acquired by the Navy on 12 September 1861 from the Union Ferry Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y., for $19,000.

Wyandank was used during the Civil War as storeship for the Potomac Flotilla.

After hostilities ended, Wyandank served at Annapolis, Md., into the 1870's as a floating barracks for marines assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy. She was broken up there in 1879.

Updated, Robert J. Cressman

17 November 2021

Published: Wed Nov 17 14:00:39 EST 2021