Bark (3m).
L/B/D:
216 × 35 × 16 (65.8m × 10.7m 4.9m). Tons:
659 grt. Hull:
steel. Comp.:
39 crew. Mach.:
steam, 1 screw. Des.:
Clinton Crane. Built:
Fore River Shipbuilding Co., Quincy, Mass.; 1910.
The bark Aloha was the second yacht of the name owned by Arthur Curtiss James, a prominent industrialist and commodore of the New York Yacht Club. James's previous yachts included
Coronet and the first Aloha, a 160-foot steam brigantine in which he had sailed to Japan. He intended to sail Aloha on a round-the-world voyage. Aloha made several voyages to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea before World War I restricted her to American waters. In 1917, she was transferred to the U.S. Navy and served as the flagship of Rear Admiral Cameron McRae Winslow, Inspector of Naval Districts, East Coast, until 1919.
In September 1921, James and a party of friends embarked on his long-awaited world cruise, sailing from New York to the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, across the North Pacific to Japan and continuing west across the Indian Ocean, up the Red Sea and to Marseilles, where the passengers' voyage officially ended. Aloha met fickle or contrary winds and was forced to motor much of the way, stopping at exotic ports. Following this voyage, she continued to sail on extended cruises to Europe and along the East Coast until she was broken up in 1938.
Robinson, Legendary Yachts. U.S. Navy, DANFS.
