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Inca (SP 1212)


Built in 1917 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI; Acquired from her owner, F. B. McQuesten, Boston, MA; Commissioned USS Inca (SP 1212), 28 July 1917; Assigned, 26 July 1918 to the Industrial Department, Hampton Roads, VA; Returned to her owner, 17 April 1919. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement, 23 t.; Length, 62' 4"; Beam 10' 11"; Draft, 2' 6"; Speed, 21 kts.; Armament one 1-pounder; Complement, unknown; Propulsion, unknown.
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Inca/Needle 52k Probably photographed circa July 1917, while undergoing conversion for Navy service. The boat at right is of identical design to Inca, and that at the left is the motor boat Needle, of Boston, which became USS Needle (SP-649). Some of the four craft in the background already are flying Navy jacks and are fitted with guns.
USN Photo NH 101827
Naval Historical Center
Hiawatha/Inca 71k Probably photographed in the Norfolk, Virginia, area in 1917-18. USS Hiawatha (SP 183) is at right. The Wallace Brothers gasoline engine machine shop is at right.
USN Photo NH 101791
Naval Historical Center

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