USS Zizania (1888)

USS "Zizania" was a patrol craft tender that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

"Zizania" was built in 1888 at Baltimore, Maryland, as a lighthouse tender for the United States Lighthouse Service.

"Zizania" was transferred to the U.S. Department of War by an executive order dated 24 April 1917. Subsequently reassigned to the U.S. Navy, "Zizania" served during World War I as a tender to section patrol craft operating in the 1st Naval District.

When control over the United States Lighthouse Service reverted on 1 July 1919 to the U.S Department of Commerce, "Zizania" was struck from the Navy List. Based at Portland, Maine, she resumed duty tending lighthouses along the New England coast and remained so employed until 1925, when her name was dropped from the list of United States Lighthouse Service vessels.

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