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Author Topic: USRC Harriet Lane  (Read 746 times)
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« on: August 12, 2008, 08:46:13 pm »
The United states Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane was named for a living person who actually visited the ship while acting as "First Lady" for her uncle, President James Buchanan.
Interesting lady, historic ship.

U S Navy Info

Handbook of Texas info

Harriet Lane - brief biography

Harriet Lane Wikipedia
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2008, 09:51:08 pm »
Thanks Jerry,

Good stuff  Thumbs Up ,

Here's a few USCG Links:

Harriet Rebecca Lane

Harriet Lane, 1857

Follow-on cutters to carry the name:

HARRIET LANE (WSC 141), 1927

USCGC HARRIET LANE (WMEC 903), 1984
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2008, 10:19:03 pm »
Early in my CG career I ran across someone who had been stationed on Harriet Lane (WSC-141) & while I was at Base Galveston I went out in the Gulf for a day on her sister ship, Cahoone (WSC-131) - I think the CO was Sam Early - to calibrate the RDF. 

I have a few Lanes in my ancestry, so could be a (very) distant cousin of the lady.

A few years ago I saw an on-line article about a White House party hosted by Harriet Lane aboard the cutter.
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2008, 02:26:58 pm »
I recall building a plastic model of the original Harriet Lane when I was a kid. Also built one of the original Roger B. Taney, a topsail schooner.
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