 USS Silica (IX-151)

USS "Silica" (IX-151), a designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for silica.Her keel was laid down as SS "Bauxite" (T. B7-D1, MC hull 1331) on 5 December 1943 by Barrett & Hilp, Belair Shipyard, San Francisco, California.