Kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaApril 1914, pasi pokutonga kwaLieutenant Allen B. Reed, "Iris" pamwe chete nezvikepe zvishanu zveTorpedo kubva kuPacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, zvakarairwa kuenda kuGulf yeCalifornia, inozivikanwawo seGungwa reCortez zvichitevera Tampico Affair. Vaipota munzvimbo dzakapoteredza La Paz neMazatlan, kuMexico, panguva yemhirizhonga yevagari vomunyika yacho
ipapo. Mukati maMay naJune 1914, "Iris" yakabvisa vapoteri vagari vemuAmerica kubva kuMazatlan neAcapulco, kusanganisira mumiriri weAmerica, Hon. Clement S. Edwards. Musi waJune 19, "Iris" yakabva Mazatlan ichienda kuLa Paz, Mexico. "Iris" yakabva kuLa Paz ichienda kuSan Diego musi wa28 August. Mushure mokudzokera kuSan Diego, "Iris" akapedza mwedzi mishomanana inotevera achiita basa rokutenderera nguva dzose nengarava dze torpedo muuto rake, zvikurukuru achishanda pamhenderekedzo yeCalifornia pakati peSan Pedro neSan Diego.