USS ''Inca'' was a

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constructed for the

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in 1911. She served the Navy at major American naval facilities located at

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;

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; and at

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. She conducted her ferrying services through World War I and then continued her work until the late 1930s, when she was finally struck by the Navy.

Service history

The second ship to be so named by the U.S. Navy, ''Inca'', a steam ferry, was built for the Navy by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.,

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, in 1911, and accepted by the Navy 4 December 1911. She provided ferry service for Naval Training Station,

, until about 1920, when she was assigned to the

, area. The ferry remained in service there until the thirties, when she moved to

. ''Inca'' was stricken from the

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28 February 1939.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Inca World War I auxiliary ships of the United States Ferries of Rhode Island Ferries of Virginia Ferries of Pennsylvania Ships built in Bristol, Rhode Island 1911 ships