USS Orvetta (IX-157)
 USS Orvetta (IX–157) was built for the US Shipping Board as Tampa in 1920 by the Oscar Daniels Co. Tampa Fla. and acquired by the United States Navy on a bareboat charter from the Maritime Commission 4 April 1944. She was renamed Orvetta and converted for military service as a barracks ship by the Matson Navigation Co. San Francisco; and commissioned 7 June 1944 Lt. Comdr. G. L. Armstrong in command.By 18 June Orvetta had reported for duty with Service Force Pacific.