| USS Iona (YT-107) | |
|---|---|
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USS IONA (YT-107) at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands.jpeg USS Iona (YT-107) at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines | |
| Career (Spain) |  |
| Name: | unknown |
| Launched: | unknown |
| Fate: | seized by the United States, 1898 |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | Iona, 1898 |
| Namesake: | Iona |
| Acquired: | captured by United States Navy, 1898 |
| Commissioned: | 1898 |
| Honours and awards: | |
| Fate: | sunk, 3 January 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | harbor tug |
| Tonnage: | 107 gross register tons[2] |
| Length: | 56 ft (17 m) o/a[2] |
| Beam: | 10.25 ft (3.12 m)[2] |
| Draught: | 5.67 ft (1.73 m)[2] |
| Installed power: | 125 hp[1] |
| Propulsion: | steam, single screw[1] |
USS Iona was a wooden-hulled, harbor tug of the United States Navy that served during World War II.
History[]
She was seized by the United States at the Cavite Navy Yard in 1898 sometime after the Battle of Manila Bay from Spain during the Spanish-American War.[1][2] Her original name, place of building, date of origin, and classification are unknown.[1][2] In 1898, she was christened USS Iona, commissioned the United States Navy, and assigned to the Cavite Navy Yard, 16th Naval District, United States Asiatic Fleet.[1][2][3] On 17 July 1920, she was designated as District Harbor Tug YT-107.[1][2] She is believed to have been destroyed in an air raid at Cavite Navy Yard during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines on 3 January 1942.[1][2][4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L.. "Iona (YT-107)". http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/08107.htm. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Iona I (YT-107)". July 22, 2015. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/i/iona-i.html.
- ↑ Wright, David X.. "United States Asiatic Fleet Order of Battle, December 1941". http://www.asiaticfleet.com/orbat.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ Tonys, Alan (January 31, 2017). "USS Iona (YT-107) (+1942)". https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?179898. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
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