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USRC ''Wayanda'' was a screw steam revenue cutter built for the United States Revenue Cutter Service during the American Civil War. Commissioned in the closing months of the war, ''Wayanda'' briefly operated as a convoy escort before the close of hostilities. After the war, she was placed at the disposal of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase for a tour of the defeated Confederacy. Chase recommended extending suffrage to the South's black population, but his recommendations were ignored by the Johnson administration. In 1866–67, ''Wayanda'' made the long journey around Cape Horn to the West Coast, where she would spend the rest of her career. In 1868, ''Wayanda'' carried out an important survey of the newly acquired territory of Alaska. Her commander's recommendation that a federal reserve be established in the Pribilof Islands to protect both the Northern fur seals and the Aleut people who hunted them, was quickly acted on by the government. ''Wayanda'' was sold in 1873 and refitted for commercial service as a freight and passenger steamer named ''Los Angeles'', continuing in this role for some twenty years. She was wrecked off Point Sur in April 1894 with the loss of six lives. ==Construction and design== ''Wayanda'' was one of six ''Pawtuxet''-class screw schooners ordered by the Treasury Department in 1863 for the United States Revenue Marine, and one of two of the class to be built in Baltimore, Maryland (the other being USRC ''Kewanee''). ''Wayanda'' was launched on 31 August 1863 from the yard of her builder, John T. Fardy & Co., "on the south side of the basin near Federal Hill".〔Scharf, p. 145.〕 Cost of the vessel was $103,000.〔("''Wayanda'', 1863" ), U.S. Coast Guard website.〕 ''Wayanda'' was long, with a beam of and both hold depth and draft of around .〔("The New Revenue Cutters—The Launch of Two of Them" ), ''The New York Times'', 1863-07-10.〕〔("Naval News" ), ''The New York Times'', 1864-11-02.〕〔 Like the other ships of her class, her contract called for a hull of oak, locust and white oak, strengthened with diagonal iron bracing.〔 Her two-cylinder oscillating engine drove a single 8-foot (2.4 m) diameter screw propeller.〔〔("The New Revenue Cutters—The Launch of Two of Them" ), ''The New York Times'', 1863-07-10.〕 ''Wayanda''s speed is unrecorded but was probably similar to the 12 knots achieved by her sister ship .〔("Naval News" ), ''The New York Times'', 1864-11-02.〕 She was topsail schooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.〔 ''Wayanda''s armament consisted of a single 30-pounder Parrott rifle, and five 24-pounder howitzers. She was crewed by a complement of 41 officers and enlisted men.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USRC Wayanda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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