USLHT 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)
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

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

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

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