On September 25, 1916, the Isla de Luzon arrives at the Port ofRochester after a 1,000 mile trip from Chicago. It is reportedly the first sizeable ship for the local Naval Militia. Officers and crew gather on deck, along with invited guests. The unfinished Stutson Street Bridge is visible in the background, along with lower River Street. Notes Rochester Herald, September 25, 1916. Rochester Times Union, March 31, 1950. The Isla de Luzon, a small Spanish cruiser or gunboat, was completed in 1887 and joined a fleet based at Cadiz, Spain. During 1893 and 1894, the vessel took part in the Moroccan War. With the beginning of the Philippine Insurrection against Spain, the Isla de Luzon and her sister ship, the Isla de Cuba, were sent to the Philippines to join the squadron of Admiral Montojo. After the first phase of the Battle of Manila Bay/Cavite, the vessel was scuttled by the Spanish. After the war, she was salvaged and on January 31, 1900, she was commissioned as a vessel in the U.S. Navy. With the outbreak of World War I, the Isla de Luzon served as a training vessel at Chicago. On September 30, 1918, she was reassigned to serve at the Naval Torpedo School in Newport, R.I., where she served on the torpedo range from November 13 to December 13, 1918. Decommissioned February 15, 1919; struck from Navy rolls, July 23, 1919. Sold March 10, 1920, to Bahama & West Indies Trading Co., of New York, and renamed Reviver. - The Spanish American War Centennial Website
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