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




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