USS ''Wanka'' was a
United States Navy motorboat probably in commission from ca. 1912 to ca. 1919.
USS Wanka was a wooden motorboat believed to have been built about 1901. She is carried on the
Navy Lists of the period from 1912 to 1919 under "miscellaneous craft." She served with the
Louisiana Naval Militia The Louisiana Naval Militia is the currently unorganized naval militia of Louisiana, United States. It was organized as a naval military reserve force, serving as naval parallel to the Louisiana National Guard.
History
By 1898, the Louisiana Naval ...
before the
United States entered
World War I in 1917, and operated in the
New Orleans,
Louisiana, vicinity, probably for her entire career. She was dropped from the Navy List on 1 July 1920.
References
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Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
1901 ships
World War I patrol vessels of the United States