| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Zizania |
| Namesake: | Zizania, a wild rice native to North America (previous name retained) |
| Completed: | 1888 |
| Acquired: | 1917 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1919 |
| Fate: | Returned to U.S. Department of Commerce 1 July 1919 |
| Notes: | Served as lighthouse tender in United States Lighthouse Service 1888-1917 and 1919-1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | patrol boat tender |
| Displacement: | 575 tons |
| Length: | 161 ft 0 in (49.07 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) mean |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 27 |
| Recommissioned: | 26 August 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 April 1946 |
| Renamed: | USS Adario (YNT-25) |
| Reclassified: | YTM-743, 4 August 1945 |
| Struck: | 1 May 1946 |
| Fate: | Transferred to Maritime Commission's War Shipping Administration for final disposition. |
USS Zizania was a patrol craft tender that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 and again as USS Adario from 1943 to 1946.
Zizania was built in 1888 at Baltimore, Maryland, as a lighthouse tender for the United States Lighthouse Service.