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Patrol Yacht
Siren

Siren served both the U. S. Navy and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Patrol Yacht: The second Siren was built in 1897 as Eugenia by Hawthorne and Co., Leith, Scotland; Acquired by the Navy 9 June 1898; Renamed and commissioned USS Siren 24 June 1898; Decommissioned, 24 September 1898; Loaned to the Virginia Naval Militia 22 June 1899; Struck from the Navy Register 30 August 1910. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement, 315 tons; Length, 123'; Beam, 19' 2"; Draft, 11'; Speed,13 kts.; Complement, unknown; Armament, unknown.

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Yacht Eugenia
Siren 154k Photographed 18 June 1898, while fitting out for Spanish-American War service. Her hull has been half repainted into wartime grey.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 76524		 Robert Hurst
USS Siren
Siren 74k At the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, 8 July 1898. Another converted yacht is astern of her, and the receiving ship USS Vermont is in the left distance.
U.S. Navy photo NR&L(O) 2196. 		Naval Historical Center
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