USRC McLane
A Morris-Taney class Revenue Cutter
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Louis McLane |
Builder | Webb and Allen, New York |
Laid down | 1833 |
Launched | 1833 |
Commissioned | 1833 |
Decommissioned | 21 October 1840 |
Homeport | |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Schooner |
Displacement | 112 tons |
Length | 73.4 ft (22.4 m) |
Beam | 20.6 ft (6.3 m) |
Draught | 9.7 ft (3.0 m) |
Propulsion | wind |
Complement | 20-24 |
Armament | 6-9 pndrs |
The United States Revenue Cutter McLane was one of 13 cutters of the Morris-Taney Class to be launched. Named after
Named for the Louis McLane, the tenth Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, USRC McLane was noted for her beautiful deck finish and cabinet work. An early historian of the Service, Revenue Captain Horatio D. Smith, USRCS, wrote of her:
The Revenue Cutter McLane when finished in 1832 was ordered to Washington, and while at the Navy Yard was visited by many people, especially members of Congress, and was admired by all for her beauty, symmetry and elegance of finish. Her armament was four brass 9-pounders on elegant carriages, with small arms to correspond. Other vessels were built of larger dimensions, but the McLane excelled them all in beauty and sailing qualities. She was the crack vessel of her time. Subsequently many of [those cutters in her class] were sold ... to Cubans, who used them for slavers.[2]
McLane served in Charleston, South Carolina in 1832 and in 1833 sailed to New Bedford, Massachusetts for revenue duty there. She capsized in Hadley Harbor in Massachusetts during a tornado in 1837, was raised and put back in duty until 1840, when she was sold.
References
- ^ "Mclane, 1832". United States Coast Guard. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ Smith, Horatio (October 1930). "In Early Days, 1789-1846". Coast Guard Magazine: 30.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.