The first USS Triana was a screw steamer in commission as a tug in the United States Navy from at least 1867 until she was wrecked in 1891.

She then was transferred again, this time to the Naval Torpedo Station at Newport, Rhode Island, where she performed "special service" duty in support of U.S. Navy experimental torpedo work and served as an accommodation ship for U.S. Navy personnel under instruction at Naval Station Newport.

On 13 March 1891, two U.S. Navy steamers — USS Galena and USS Nina, which was towing Galena — ran aground in fog on Devil's Bridge, a reef off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

[1][2][3] Ordered to proceed to the scene and assist in salvaging the two ships, Triana was wrecked on 15 March 1891 off the coast of Massachusetts on a sandbar off the east end of Cuttyhunk Island because of a navigational error by her crew.

[1] She sank in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water just west of Canapitsit Channel at 41°25′15″N 070°55′02″W / 41.42083°N 70.91722°W / 41.42083; -70.91722 (USS Triana).