Dhameystir weedhan soo socota: 26ka Maajo, 1913, Reed wuxuu ahaa kii ku xigay ee ku saabsan dalabka Torpedo Flotilla, isagoo ahaa sarkaal fulineed iyo badmaax, wuxuuna u yimid inuu amar ku bixiyo Juun 1915. "Iris" oo ay weheliyaan shan doomood oo torpedo ah oo ka tirsan Pacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, ayaa lagu amray inay tagaan Gacanka California, oo sidoo kale loo yaqaan Badda Cortez ka dib dhacdadii Tampico ee May 4, 1914. Waxay kormeereen agagaarka La Paz iyo Mazatlán, Mexico, inta lagu gudajiray
dagaalo sokeeye oo halkaas ka dhacay. Intii lagu jiray Maajo iyo Juun 1914, "Iris" waxay ka daadgureysay qaxooti muwaadiniin Mareykan ah oo ka yimid Mazatlan iyo Acapulco, oo ay ku jiraan qunsulka Mareykanka, Hon. Clement S. Edwards.