| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Volador |
| Builder: | William Müller and Company, Wilmington, California |
| Launched: | 1926 |
| Acquired: | 2 February 1942 |
| In service: | 19 February 1942 |
| Out of service: | 17 August 1943 |
| Struck: | 3 September 1943 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the U.S. Army, August 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Schooner |
| Tonnage: | 114 long tons (116 t) |
| Length: | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 3 in (3.73 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails/Auxiliary engine |
| Speed: | 7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
The first USS Volador (IX-59), was a wooden-hulled schooner of the United States Navy during World War II.
The schooner was designed by William Gardiner and built in 1926 at Wilmington, California, by William Müller and Company. The vessel was acquired for the Navy by the Port Director, San Pedro, California, from W. L. Valentine, on 2 February 1942. Delivered to the Section Base, San Pedro, on that day, Volador was classified as a miscellaneous auxiliary, unclassified, IX-59, and was placed "in service" on 19 February 1942.
Homeported at San Pedro, Volador operated locally under the aegis of the 11th Naval District into 1943. In July of that year, she was temporarily transferred to the Coast Guard for operational training duties for Coast Guard district personnel. On 17 August 1943, Volador was delivered to the War Shipping Administration which transferred the schooner to the War Department for operation by the U.S. Army. Volador was struck from the Navy List on 3 September 1943.