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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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/169810