1873 - 1931 (58 years)Ship-USS Petrel (PG-2)
US Navy Gunboat Petrel was in the Spanish–American War. She was named for a sea bird. Petrel was laid down on 27 August 1887, built by the Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock Company in Baltimore, Maryland; launched on 13 October 1888; and commissioned 10 December 1889.Decommissioned at Cavite after the war, Petrel was recommissioned on 9 May 1910. After visiting European waters in 1911, she returned to the Atlantic coast. Disturbances in the Caribbean sent her to Mexican and West Indian waters from 1912 to 1915 to protect American interests, and in 1916 she became station ship at Guantanamo. With the World War I declaration of war in April, Petrel returned to the United States to serve with the American Patrol Detachment at Boston, Massachusetts, throughout the war. During World War I the Petrel became stranded on a South American island while hunting for submarines after the wireless communications were swept overboard during a storm. The natives helped the sailors find food and survive until they were able
| Date | 13 Oct 1888 |
| File name | Ship-USS Petrel (PG-2).jpg |
| File Size | 70.24k |
| Dimensions | 580 x 296 |
| Linked to | Joseph Samuel 'J S' Wirag (Military Service); Joseph Samuel 'J S' Wirag |
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