USS Aloha

	Aloha as a private yacht, under full sail.
History
United States
Name	USS Aloha
Namesake	Aloha, a Hawaiian word meaning "hello," "farewell," and "love" (previous name retained)
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Completed	1910
Acquired	22 April 1917
Commissioned	5 June 1917
Decommissioned	29 January 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 29 January 1919
Notes	Served as private yacht Aloha 1910-1917 and 1919-1938; scrapped 1938
General characteristics
Type	Naval trawler (minesweeper)
Tonnage	659 Gross register tons
Length	218 ft 0 in (66.45 m)
Beam	35 ft 0 in (10.67 m)
Draft	16 ft 0 in (4.88 m)
Installed power	410 indicated horsepower (0.55-megawatt)
Propulsion	Sails and one triple-expansion Steam engine; one shaft
Sail plan	bark-rigged
Speed	12 knots under steam
Complement	79
Armament	2 × 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) guns; 2 × depth charges; 2 × 4-inch (102-millimeter) guns added August–October 1918;

USS Aloha (SP-317) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

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