USS Wyandank (1847)

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 1870's as a floating barracks for U.S. Marines assigned to the United States Naval Academy.

End-of-service fate

She was broken up there in 1879.

References

See also

* United States Navy
* American Civil War

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w11/wyandank.htm USS Wyandank]