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| U.S.S. Siren (1898) | |
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| Builder: | Hawthorn Leslie[1] |
| Purchased: | 9 June, 1898[2] |
| Launched: | 1897[3] |
| Commissioned: | 24 June, 1898[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 24 September, 1898[5] |
| Stricken: | 30 August, 1910[6] |
| Sold: | 3 January, 1911[7] |
| Fate: | Unknown |
U.S.S. Siren was a yacht purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1898 for service in the Spanish-American War.
Construction
Siren was built by Hawthorn Leslie as the Eugenia in 1897 and was purchased by the U.S. Navy on 9 June, 1898.[8]
Service
Captured the ships Franklin and Bergen during blockade duty off Cuba in August 1898.[9]
Handed over to the Virginia Naval Militia in 1899 and also used as a tender at Norfolk Navy Yard until being stricken in August 1910 and sold a few months later. Her fate after being sold is unknown.[10]
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Lieutenant John M. Robinson, 15 May, 1898[11]
Armament
- one 3-pounder
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
- ↑ List and Station, July 1898. p. 9.
Bibliography
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.
| Armed Yacht U.S.S. Siren |
