USS Wanka (1901)

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'''USS ''Wanka''''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[motorboat]] probably in commission from ca. 1912 to ca. 1919.

''Wanka'' was [[wood]]en motorboat believed to have been built AbOUT 1901. She is carried on the [[Navy List]]s of the period from 1912 to 1919 under "miscellaneous craft." She served with the [[Louisiana Naval Militia]] before the [[United States]] entered [[World War I]] in 1917, and operated in the [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], vicinity, probably for her entire career. She was dropped from the Navy List on 1 July 1920.

==References==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w2/wanka.htm}}

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[[Category:United States Navy patrol boats]]

[[Category:World War I ships of the United States]]
[[Category:1901 ships]]