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Governor R. M. McLane (SP 1328)


Steamboat: Built in 1884 by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, PA; Acquired by the Navy, August 1917; Commissioned, 6 August 1917; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to her owner, 30 November 1918; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). The Governor McLane currently (February 2003) rests partially submerged next to the docks of the Downtown Sailing Center (a community based sailing organization) on the grounds of the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, MD. The deckhouse is gone, but the deck is still visible.

Specifications: Displacement 144 t.; Length 120'; Beam 22'; Draft 6' 9"; Speed 13 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament
one 1-pounder.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Governor R. M. McLane, a steamboat, was built in 1884 by Neafie and Levy, Philadelphia, Pa., and was acquired by the Navy from the Maryland State Conservation Commission in August 1917. She commissioned 6 August 1917 at Norfolk, Va., Ens. S. Earle, USNRF, in command.

Governor R. M. McLane was assigned to the 5th Naval District, and served as a patrol craft in Chesapeake Bay. Her cruising grounds included Baltimore Harbor, the Patuxent and Severn Rivers, and Tangier Sound. During November 1918 she was used briefly as a towing boat by Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head, Md., and was returned to her owner 30
November 1918.


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