USS Vandalia

USS Vandalia

USS "Vandalia" has been the name of four ships in the service of the United States Navy. All of the ships are named for Vandalia, Illinois.

*USS "Vandalia" (1828), an 18-gun sloop-of-war
*USS "Vandalia" (1876), a screw sloop
*USS "Vandalia" (IX-191), originally known as the "Walter Jennings", a twin-screw, steel-hulled tanker, acquired by the Navy in 1944 and sank in a typhoon in 1945.
*USS "Vandalia" (PC-1175), a submarine chaser which served from 1943 until 1946.


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