USS Iona (YT-107)

USS Iona (YT-107) at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines
History
Spain
Name	unknown
Launched	unknown
Fate	seized by the United States, 1898
History
United States
Name	Iona, 1898
Namesake	Iona
Acquired	captured by United States Navy, 1898
Commissioned	1898
Honours and awards	Spanish Campaign Medal[1]  American Defense Service Medal[1]  Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal[1]  World War II Victory Medal[1]  Philippine Defense Medal[1]
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.^[2][1] Her original name, place of building, date of origin, and classification are unknown.^[2][1] 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.^[2][1][3] On 17 July 1920, she was designated as District Harbor Tug YT-107.^[2][1] 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.^[2][1][4]

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