&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_Iris_NH92201.jpg) USS Iris off the coast of Guaymas, Mexico, 1915.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Iris |
| Namesake | Iris |
| Builder | A. Leslie and Company, Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| Launched | 1885 |
| Acquired | 25 May 1898 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 2 May 1916 |
| Fate | Transferred to the United States Shipping Board, 3 May 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw steamer |
| Displacement | 1,923 long tons (1,954 t) |
| Length | 321 ft (98 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 124 |
| Armament | None |
USS Iris was a ship of the United States Navy which served in the Pacific in a variety of roles from 1899 until 1916. Originally fitted out as a distilling ship, she served as a general utility ship, then as a collier, before being refitted as a torpedo boat tender.