USS Doloma (SP-1062)

Doloma as a private motorboat sometime between 1907 and 1917.
History
United States
Name: USS Doloma
Namesake: Previous name retained
Completed: 1907
Acquired: 1917[1]
Commissioned: 28 May[2] or 26 July[3] 1917
Fate: Returned to owner either by 31 December 1918[4] or on 4 March 1919[5]
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Doloma 1907-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 75 ft (23 m)

USS Doloma (SP-1062) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 until 1918 or 1919.

Doloma was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1907. In 1917,[6] the U.S. Navy acquired her either under a free lease[7] or a USD $1.00-per-month lease[8] from her owner, A. Hompe of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on either 28 May[2] or 26 July[3] 1917 as USS Doloma (SP-1062).

Assigned to the 9th Naval District, Doloma served on patrol duties on the Great Lakes for the rest of World War I, although her service was limited.

Doloma was returned to Hompe after the war. Her return date is unclear; sources claim both that the Commandant, 9th Naval District, reported on 31 December 1918 that she had been returned to Hompe[9] and that she was returned to him on 4 March 1919.[10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doloma (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served as USS Doloma (SP-1062) in 1917-1918 claims that Doloma was acquired in July 1917, but this was after she already had been placed in service according to other sources. Archived 26 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/doloma.htm says that Doloma was "placed in service" on 28 May 1917, and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Doloma (SP 1062) repeats this.
  3. 1 2 Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doloma (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served as USS Doloma (SP-1062) in 1917-1918 says that Doloma was commissioned on 26 July 1917. Archived 26 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doloma (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served as USS Doloma (SP-1062) in 1917-1918 states that the Commandant, 9th Naval District, reported on 31 December 1918 that Doloma had been returned to her owner. Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/doloma.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Doloma (SP 1062).
  6. ↑ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doloma (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served as USS Doloma (SP-1062) in 1917-1918 states that the Navy acquired Doloma in July 1917, but other sources claim she already was in Navy service by then. Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/doloma.htm
  8. ↑ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doloma (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served as USS Doloma (SP-1062) in 1917-1918 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Doloma (SP 1062). Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Doloma (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served as USS Doloma (SP-1062) in 1917-1918 Archived 14 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/doloma.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Doloma (SP 1062)

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