- Early history
- World War I service
- Post-war decommissioning
- See also
- References
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= USS Paloma World War I.jpg | Ship caption= Halftone reproduction of a photograph of Paloma taken prior to her World War I Navy service.
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1945}} | Ship name= USS Paloma | Ship namesake= A former name retained. A Spanish word for dove. | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Murray & Tregurthe, South Boston, Massachusetts | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= date unknown | Ship launched= date unknown | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= as the yacht Paloma | Ship completed= in 1914 at South Boston, Massachusetts | Ship acquired= 17 May 1917 | Ship commissioned= 4 May 1917 as USS Paloma (SP-533) | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= circa 19 July 1919 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= 19 July 1919 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= Boston, Massachusetts | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= sold in July 1919 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
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}} | USS Paloma (SP-533) was an {{convert|85|ft|m|adj=on}} yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed patrol boat and assigned to patrol the waterways near Boston, Massachusetts. She spent two years of the war patrolling for German submarines, and performing other duties, such as escorting larger ships. After the war, her services were no longer needed, and she was sold. Early history Paloma was built by Murray & Tregurthe, South Boston, Massachusetts. The Navy took her over soon after the U.S. entered World War I and placed her in commission on 4 May 1917. She was purchased by the government 17 May 1917. World War I service Throughout the "Great War" and for several months after the November 1918 Armistice, she was employed on section patrol duties in the Boston area. Post-war decommissioning Paloma was struck from the Naval Register and sold 19 July 1919. See also References - {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p1/paloma.htm}}
- USS Paloma (SP-533), 1917-1919. It used to be the civilian motor boat Paloma (built 1914)
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