USS Paloma (SP-533) was an 85-foot (26 m) yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I.

She spent two years of the war patrolling for German submarines, and performing other duties, such as escorting larger ships.

Paloma was built by Murray & Tregurthe, South Boston, Massachusetts.

[1] Throughout the "Great War" and for several months after the November 1918 Armistice, she was employed on section patrol duties in the Boston area.

Paloma was struck from the Naval Register and sold 19 July 1919.