USLHT Clover

For other ships of the same name, see USS Clover.

History

United States
Name:	USLHT Clover
Builder:	Burger & Burger Shipyard, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Launched:	1899
Acquired:	by purchase, 1907
Decommissioned:	1935
Fate:	Sold, 1935 Retired, 1947
General characteristics (as built)^[1]
Displacement:	205 tons
Length:	88 ft (27 m) o/a 80 ft 2 in (24.43 m) w/l
Beam:	22 ft 10 in (6.96 m)
Draft:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Propulsion:	Coal-fired steam engine 100 bhp (75 kW) 1 shaft
Armament:	None

The United States Lighthouse Tender Clover was a lighthouse tender serving on the Great Lakes. She was privately built in 1899 and christened Two Myrtles, after the owner's wife and daughter. In 1907 she was purchased by the Lighthouse Board, under whose aegis she served out of Milwaukee. She was rechristened Clover in 1913 and served under this name until being decommissioned and sold in 1935. Her new owners renamed her again, and she was once again known as Two Myrtles until she was retired due to age in 1947.^[1]

References

1 2 Pepper, Terry (2007). "Seeing The Light - the lighthouse tender Clover". terrypepper.com. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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