USS Yantic

Named for a river in Connecticut, the "Yantic" was built by Merrick and Sons of Philadelphia in 1864. Rumored to have been designed as President Lincoln's private yacht, the "Yantic" was used as a gunboat during the Civil War. After the war, the "Yantic" was sent t...

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Published: 2009
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Arctic
Detroit
Merrick
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/169810
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spelling ftohiolinkdrc:oai:drc.ohiolink.edu:2374.OX/169810 2023-05-15T14:59:01+02:00 USS Yantic Unknown 2009-09-17T16:41:20Z http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/169810 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/169810 2009 ftohiolinkdrc 2017-11-04T08:12:21Z Named for a river in Connecticut, the "Yantic" was built by Merrick and Sons of Philadelphia in 1864. Rumored to have been designed as President Lincoln's private yacht, the "Yantic" was used as a gunboat during the Civil War. After the war, the "Yantic" was sent to Asia, South America, the West Indies, and the Arctic. In 1898 the ship joined a fleet of vessels loaned to Great Lakes states for naval militia training. On October 22, 1929, the "Yantic" sank at her dock in Detroit. The African live oak hull had deteriorated after 65 years on the water. The "Yantic" was dismantled at Detroit in 1936. Other/Unknown Material Arctic OhioLINK: Ohio Digital Resource Commons (DRC) Arctic Detroit ENVELOPE(-60.000,-60.000,-64.167,-64.167) Merrick ENVELOPE(49.300,49.300,-67.700,-67.700)
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description Named for a river in Connecticut, the "Yantic" was built by Merrick and Sons of Philadelphia in 1864. Rumored to have been designed as President Lincoln's private yacht, the "Yantic" was used as a gunboat during the Civil War. After the war, the "Yantic" was sent to Asia, South America, the West Indies, and the Arctic. In 1898 the ship joined a fleet of vessels loaned to Great Lakes states for naval militia training. On October 22, 1929, the "Yantic" sank at her dock in Detroit. The African live oak hull had deteriorated after 65 years on the water. The "Yantic" was dismantled at Detroit in 1936.
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title USS Yantic
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