Aloha Aloha Aloha (; ) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a simple greeting but has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians. A greeting of love and compassion; also means "to be in the presence of the divinity" or in the presence of ("alo") the "divine breath of life" ("Ha"). The Aloha Spirit law became official in 1986. The origins of the Hawaiian word "aloha" are unclear. The word goes back to the very origins of Hawaii to Kahiki (the homeland) and even further. The word is found
USS Aloha (SP-317) Returning to Boston on 10 November 1918, "Aloha" was lying moored there when the armistice with Germany ending hostilities was signed on 11 November 1918. The remainder of "Aloha"s Navy career was spent alternately at Newport, Rhode Island, and at New London and New Haven, Connecticut, before she arrived back at New York City on 14 December 1918, shifting her berth to a point off Pier 72, East 25th Street, New York City, on 15 December 1918. She remained there until 10 January 1919. "Aloha" entered the New York Navy Yard at Brooklyn, New York, on 10 January 1919. Shipyard