USS Zizania was a patrol craft

Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...

 tender

Tender

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 that served in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 from 1917 to 1919 and again as USS Adario from 1943 to 1946.

Zizania was built in 1888 at Baltimore, Maryland

Maryland

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, as a lighthouse tender

Lighthouse tender

A lighthouse tender is a ship specifically designed to maintain, support, or tend to lighthouses, or lightvessels, providing supplies, fuel, mail and transportation....

 for the United States Lighthouse Service

United States Lighthouse Service

The United States Lighthouse Service, also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses, was the agency of the US Federal Government that was responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all lighthouses in the United States from the time of its creation in 1910 until 1939...

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1917-1925

Zizania was transferred to the U.S. Department of War

United States Department of War

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 by an executive order dated 24 April 1917. Subsequently reassigned to the U.S. Navy, Zizania served during World War I

World War I

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 as a tender

Ship's tender

A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat, or a larger ship used to service a ship, generally by transporting people and/or supplies to and from shore or another ship...

 to section patrol craft operating in the 1st Naval District.

When control over the United States Lighthouse Service reverted on 1 July 1919 to the U.S Department of Commerce, Zizania was struck from the Navy List

Navy List

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. Based at Portland

Portland, Maine

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, Maine

Maine

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, she resumed duty tending lighthouse

Lighthouse

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s along the New England

New England

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 coast and remained so employed until 1925, when her name was dropped from the list of United States Lighthouse Service vessels.

Little is known concerning Zizania's fate from 1925 to 1938. By the latter year, she was owned by Mr. John F. Burke and operated out of Boston, Mass

Massachusetts

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1943-1946

The Navy reacquired her through the Maritime Commission on 9 August 1943 at which time she was placed in service at Norfolk

Norfolk, Virginia

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, Va.

Virginia

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 On 26 August, she was renamed Adario and designated YNT-25. She spent the remainder of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 operating at Norfolk under the control of the Commandant, 5th Naval District. During her term of service, Adario probably performed more tug

Tugboat

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 duties than net tender chores for, on 4 August 1945, she was redesignated a medium tug, YTM-743.

She was placed out of service on 17 April 1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 1 May 1946. She was transferred to the Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration

War Shipping Administration

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on 21 January 1947 for final disposition.