USS Volador (IX-59)

USS Volador (IX-59)

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.