Built in 1910, the 659 ton, barque Aloha was first owned by Arthur Curtiss James, a prominent industrialist and commodore of the New York Yacht Club. Aloha made several voyages to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea before World War I. 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 passenger 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."( cf Robinson, Legendary Yachts. U.S. Navy, DANFS) Further information on the Aloha may be found at The Bark 'Aloha' and USS Aloha

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