USS Zara

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USS Zara (SP-133) as private yacht.jpg
Zara in civilian service
History
Name
  • 1891: Zara
  • 1914: Solgar
  • 1917: USS Zara
  • 1919: Zoodohos Pigi
Owner
  • 1891: Peter Coats
  • before 1902: Edward Tower
  • 1902: HB Moore
  • 1910: Albert L Stephens
  • 1913: GP Grant
  • 1914: William W Near
  • 1917: David H Friedman
  • 1917: US Navy
  • 1919: Atmoploia Stauroudi
Port of registry
Builder Fleming and Ferguson, Paisley
Yard number173
Launched3 June 1891
Completed1891
Acquiredby US Navy, 27 April 1917
Commissionedby US Navy, 22 May 1917
Decommissionedby US Navy, 13 April 1918
Strickenfrom US Navy register, 1 May 1918
General characteristics
Type steam yacht
Tonnage195  GRT, 81  NRT
Length152.0 ft (46.3 m)
Beam21.1 ft (6.4 m)
Draft11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Installed power53 NHP
Propulsion quadruple expansion engine
Sail plantwo-masted schooner
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement62
Armament

USS Zara (SP-133) was a steam yacht that was built in Scotland in 1890, passed through a number of British, Canadian and US owners, and ended up as a passenger steamship in Greece after the First World War. She was renamed several times, becoming Solgar, Electra and finally Zoodohos Pigi. In the latter part of the war she spent a year as an armed yacht in the United States Navy.

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Private yacht

Fleming and Ferguson built Zara at Paisley, Scotland, launching her on 3 June 1891. Her registered length was 152.0 ft (46.3 m), her beam was 21.1 ft (6.4 m) and her draft was 11 ft 7 in (3.53 m). Her tonnages were 195  GRT, 81  NRT and 247 Thames Measurement. Her first owner was a Peter Coats, who registered her in Glasgow. [1]

At an unknown date one A Edward Tower had acquired Zara and registered her in New York City. By 1902 he had passed her on to an HB Moore, who kept her registered in New York City. By 1910 her owner was a GP Grant in Canada. In 1914 a William W Near acquired the yacht, renamed her Solgar, and registered her in Toronto. [1]

Armed yacht

By 1917 Solgar belonged to a David H Friedman of New York City. On 27 April 1917 the US Navy acquired her from Friedman, changed her name back to Zara, and commissioned her with the pennant number SP-133 at New York City on 22 May 1917.

Assigned to the section patrol in the 3rd Naval District, Zara cruised the waters of Long Island Sound for almost a year. She was decommissioned on 13 April 1918 and offered for sale.

Though her name was struck from the Navy Directory on 1 May 1918, the Navy retained Zara as guard vessel at Whitestone, Queens, New York, near the western entrance to Long Island Sound.

Passenger ship

Zara was sold on 13 September 1919 to Atmoploia Stauroudi of Greece, who converted her into a passenger ship. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zara". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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