- USS Zahma (IX-63)
USS "Zahma" (IX-63), an
unclassified miscellaneous vessel , was the only ship of theUnited States Navy to be given that name. A wooden-hulledketch with an auxiliary engine, she was designed byB. B. Crowninshield and completed in1915 atNeponset, Massachusetts , byGeorge Lawley and Son, Corporation , forJohn H. Cromwell ofColdSpring Harbor, Long Island ,New York . Inspected by the Navy at the entry of the United States intoWorld War I for possible service as a patrol craft, the vessel was rejected as "unsuitable for naval use."A quarter of a century later, the exigencies of war changed the Navy's evaluation of the graceful craft, as she was again inspected, this time at the 11th Naval District, in early
1942 . Acquired by the Port Director ofSan Diego, California , fromR. J. Rheem on13 February , "Zahma" was placed in service on26 February 1942 . Classified as anunclassified miscellaneous vessel and designated IX-63, "Zahma" was based at San Diego and operated as a local patrol craft into the spring of1943 . Placed out of service on13 April 1943 , her name was struck from theNaval Vessel Register on18 July 1944 .References
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