Naval History and Heritage Command

The Navy retained the name that this vessel carried at the time of her acquisition.

(S. P. 2804: tonnage 16.8; length 58'8"; beam 11'8"; speed 12.0 knots)

Zillah --  a wooden-hulled motorboat built in 1903 at Galveston, Tx., by Charles Clarke & Co., and rebuilt in 1913 by that same firm -- was acquired by the Navy from thatcompany in June 1918. Assigned to the Eighth Naval District, she served with the naval port guard at Galveston for the remainder of World War I.

Zillah was placed out of commission on 13 December 1918. Her name was stricken from the Navy list that same day, and she was simultaneously returned to her owner.