U.S.S. Siren (1897)

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U.S.S. Siren (1897)
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[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 & Company 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.

Armament

  • one 3-pdr

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  2. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  3. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  4. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  5. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  6. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  7. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  8. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  9. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  10. Silverstone. The New Navy. p. 79.
  11. 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