USS Iona (YT-107) - Misplaced Pages

For other ships with the same name, see USS Iona.

History
USS Iona (YT-107) at Cavite Navy Yard, Philippines
Spain
Name	Unknown
Fate	seized by the United States, 1898
United States
Name	Iona
Namesake	Iona
Acquired	captured by United States Navy, 1898
Commissioned	1898
Honours and awards	Spanish Campaign Medal American Defense Service Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Philippine Defense Medal
Fate	sunk, 3 January 1942
General characteristics
Type	Harbor tug
Tonnage	107 GRT
Length	56 ft (17 m) o/a
Beam	10.25 ft (3.12 m)
Draught	5.67 ft (1.73 m)
Installed power	125 hp (93 kW)
Propulsion	steam, single screw

USS Iona (YT-107) 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. Her original name, place of building, date of origin, and classification are unknown. 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. On 17 July 1920, she was designated as District Harbor Tug YT-107. 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.

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v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in January 1942
Shipwrecks	1 Jan: Malama 2 Jan: Mercedes, Ruth Alexander 3 Jan: USS Iona 8 Jan: Tornator 9 Jan: HMS Vimiera 11 Jan: USAT Liberty 12 Jan: Cyclops, HNLMS Prins van Oranje, U-374 14 Jan: Chepo 15 Jan: Empire Bay, U-93, U-577 17 Jan: HMS Gurkha, I-60, HMS Matabele 18 Jan: Bantam, Hai-Kan No. 6 19 Jan: Lady Hawkins 20 Jan: Eidsvold, I-124, Banshu Maru No. 52, USS S-36, Westralia 23 Jan: Navemar, USS Neches 24 Jan: Empire Wildebeeste, Nana Maru, USS S-26 25 Jan: Z8 Bruno Heinemann 26 Jan: Refast, HMAS Sirocco 27 Jan: Harpa, I-73, HMS Thanet 30 Jan: USCGC Alexander Hamilton, USC&GS Research 31 Jan: HMS Belmont, HMS Culver, Spreewald Unknown date: HMS Triumph
Other incidents	3 Jan: I-58, Krasny Kavkaz 6 Jan Sinkyo Maru 7 Jan: V 5104 Orkan 10 Jan: U-374 16 Jan: Empire Chief 21 Jan: Enrico Cosenz 22 Jan: Boyky, Molotov, Shch-214
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