Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ka ọ na-erule May 26, 1913, Reed bụ onye na-esote na Torpedo Flotilla tender, dịka onye isi ọrụ na onye na-anya ụgbọ mmiri, ọ bịakwara na-eduzi ya na June 1915. "Iris" tinyere ụgbọ mmiri torpedo ise sitere na Pacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, nyere iwu ka ha banye na Gulf of California, nke a makwaara dị ka Oké Osimiri Cortez na-esochi Tampico Affair site na Mee 4, 1914. Ha na-agagharị na gburugburu La Paz na Mazatlán, Mexico, n'oge agha ahụ na-aga n'ihu
ọgba aghara obodo. N'ọnwa Mee na Juun nke afọ 1914, "Iris" kpọpụrụ ụmụ amaala America gbara ọsọ ndụ na Mazatlan na Acapulco, gụnyere onye nnọchi anya ndị America, Hon. Clement S. Edwards.