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USS Iris (Torpedo Boat Tender)
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 USS Iris (Collier) (1903 - 1909)
 USS Iris (Distilling Ship) (1898 - 1903)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Philippines Campaign Medal - China Relief Expedition Medal - Mexican Service Medal
Screw Steamer:
  • Built in 1885 at A. Leslie & C0., Newcastle, England
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 25 May 1898, from Miami Steamship Co.
  • Commissioned USS Iris, 1 August 1898, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA., as a distilling ship, LT. Arthur B. Connor in command
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1903, at Mare Island Navy Yard
  • Placed in service in 1904 as a Collier for the Asiatic Squadron
  • Recommissioned, 15 October 1909, as a Torpedo Boat Tender for the Pacific Torpedo Fleet
  • Decommissioned, 2 May 1916, at Mare Island
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred, 3 May 1917, to the United States Shipping Board (USSB)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,923 t.
    Length 321'
    Beam 39'
    Draft 24'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 124
    Armament none
    Propulsion coal fired boiler, steam turbine, single screw
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    Iris 49k USS Iris at anchor, date and location unknown. Photo by Muller, from "Jane's Fighting Ships 1914." Robert Hurst
    Iris 54k USS Iris moored to a buoy off Navy Yard Mare Island, 2 October 1916, after being decommissioned for the last time.US Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 2766-10-16, 10/2/1916 cropped Darryl Baker
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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