Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite is a concert that was headlined by Elvis Presley, and was broadcast live via satellite on January 14, 1973. The concert took place at the Honolulu International Center (HIC) in Honolulu (now known as the Neal S. Blaisdell Center) and aired in over 40 countries across Asia and Europe (who received the telecast the next day, also in primetime). Despite the satellite innovation, NBC did not broadcast an edited version of the concert in the United States until April 4, 1973 because the concert took place the same day as
USS Aloha (SP-317) Egypt and the Near East in 1912 and 1913. The outbreak of World War I in Europe in July 1914 curtailed his voyages. On 22 April 1917, after the United States had entered the war earlier that month, the U.S. Navy acquired "Aloha" from James under a free lease for use as a patrol vessel during the war. She was commissioned on 5 June 1917 as USS "Aloha" (SP-317). Soon after commissioning, "Aloha" was assigned to serve as flagship for Rear Admiral Cameron McRae Winslow (1854–1932), Inspector of Naval Districts, East Coast. No record of "Aloha"s activities during 1917 has