USS Vandalia (1876)

History
United States
NameUSS Vandalia
NamesakeVandalia, Illinois
BuilderBoston Navy Yard, Massachusetts
Laid down1872
Launched23 October 1874
Commissioned10 January 1876
Decommissioned1884
Recommissioned15 February 1886
FateWrecked 16 March 1889
General characteristics
TypeScrew sloop
Displacement2,033 long tons (2,066 t)
Length216 ft (66 m) p/p
Beam39 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
Armament8 guns

The second USS Vandalia was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. She was laid down at the Massachusetts Boston Navy Yard in 1872 and was commissioned there on 10 January 1876.