Long claimed to have been the Presidential Yacht of Abraham Lincoln, the USS Yantic saw Civl War service. However, it’s not likely that President Lincoln ever even knew about the ship much less used it as an assigned yacht. The USS Yantic was commissioned in August of 1864. It participated in at least two engagements: Fort Fisher, North Carolina and then at Fort Anderson, North Carolina. It suffered casulties of several Union sailors during it’s operations. It also served in blockade duties. It’s service didn’t end in 1865. The USS Yantic sailed all over the world. During World War One it became a training ship. Finally in October 1929, it sank along side a dock in Detroit, Michigan. It’s hull is buried in what is now a park in Detroit. It saw a lot of the world. It served in war and peace. But it never was Lincoln’s yacht! It’s anchor is placed outside near Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. It is forgotten now. Weeds grow around it- another relic from the past. It’s now just a link to that era that a few of us are highly interested in. Otherwise, it’s just a hunk of metal slowly rusting away.