<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoMeyi 26, 1913, uReed wayelandela ku-Torpedo Flotilla ithenda, njengesikhulu esiphezulu kanye nomkhumbi, futhi weza ukuzoyala ngoJuni 1915. I-Iris kanye nezikebhe ezinhlanu ze-torpedo ezivela ePacific Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, yayalelwa ukuba iye eGulf of California, eyaziwa nangokuthi uLwandle lwaseCortez kulandela i-Tampico Affair ngoMeyi 4, 1914. Babegada endaweni eseduze naseLa Paz naseMazatlán, eMexico, phakathi nezinxushunxushu zomphakathi ezaziqhubekayo  <response>: lapho. Phakathi kukaMeyi noJuni 1914, i-Iris yakhipha ababaleki baseMelika abavela eMazatlan nase-Acapulco, kuhlanganise nommeli waseMelika, uMhlonishwa uClement S. Edwards. 