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USNC Zafiro

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Philippines Campaign Medal
Screw Collier:
  • Built in 1884 at A. Hall Russell & Co., Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Purchased by Admiral Dewey at Hong Kong, 9 April 1898
  • Commissioned USNC Zafiro, 10 April 1898, at Hong Kong
  • Decommissioned, 10 June 1904, at Cavite Navy Yard, Luzon, Philippines
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 January 1906
  • Final Disposition, sold, 21 October 1910 to Mr. J.W. Zeeve, Seattle, WA., fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,062 t. (gross)
    Length 313' 9"
    Beam 31' 10"
    Draft 15' 6"
    Speed 10.5 kts.
    Complement
    1 (1898)
    34 (1900)
    Armament two 37mm revolving cannons (1900)
    Propulsion coal fired boiler, steam turbine, single screw
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    Iris 65k USNC Zafiro at anchor at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines, 8 October 1903.
    Photo from "U.S.Warships of World War One" with permission from the author Paul H. Silverstone.    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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