USS Inca (ID-3219)

History
United States
Name	USS Inca
Namesake	Former names retained
Builder	J. H. Dialogue and Sons, Camden, New Jersey
Laid down	date unknown
Completed	1879
Acquired	by the Navy 31 July 1918
Recommissioned	2 August 1918 as USS Inca (ID-3219)
Decommissioned	1 February 1919
Stricken	1 February 1919
Homeport	Parris Island, South Carolina
Fate	Not known
General characteristics
Type	Tugboat
Tonnage	103 tons
Length	101 ft (31 m)
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion	not known
Speed	12 knots
Complement	not known
Armament	none
Armor	steel hull

USS Inca (ID-3219) was a tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was assigned to the Parris Island, South Carolina, Marine barracks. She served until 1 February 1919.

The fourth ship to be so named, Inca, an iron tug, was built in 1879 by J. H. Dialogue & Sons, Camden, New Jersey; and acquired by the Navy 31 July 1918. She commissioned 2 August 1918.

The tug was assigned to the 6th Naval District, headquartered at Charleston, South Carolina, and operated until after World War I ended at Parris Island Marine Barracks, South Carolina.

She was stricken from the Navy List 1 February 1919.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.