''Murray'' was a fifty-five foot motorboat, part of the
Maryland State Fishery Force, owned by the
Conservation Commission of Maryland operating out of River Springs, Maryland, a landing in St. Mary's county, in the charge of Deputy Commander M. R. Bailey. The boat was built in 1915 by
Chance Marine Construction Company at
Annapolis
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,
Maryland
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.
Though ''Murray'' was given the
Section Patrol
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In 1916, with World War I raging a ...
number (SP-1438) while serving both the Conservation Commission and Navy during World War I there is no mention in the Navy records of a commissioned status.
[
The Navy approached the Conservation Commission shortly after the nation's entry into World War I proposing the commission's boats be used to maintain constant local patrols. The state legislature agreed that the boats and men of the state force would become part of the U.S. Naval Reserve providing they patrol the same districts for fisheries enforcement as well as federal interests with the benefit that patrol time would be increased and the expense for all be paid by the federal government.]United States Navy
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in August 1917, serving as Squadron Number 8 of the 5th Naval District, patrolling their regular areas enforcing state conservation law and federal laws. They were under the command of a Conservation Commission member, George O. Haddaway, who was also a Lieutenant in the Navy and expenses, wages, supplies and repairs were paid by the federal government.[A number of the boats used in conservation enforcement were private boats used for the season only. These do not seem to be involved.]
''Murray'' was returned to the Conservation Commission on 26 November 1918.[ The boat was noted as not being in good condition on return and assigned to the Potomac District by the Conservation Commission.]
Footnotes
References
Other Maryland Fishery Force vessels
''Bessie Jones'', ''Buck'', ''Daisy Archer'', ''Dorothy'', ''Frolic'', , ''Julia Hamilton'', '' Helen Baughman'', ''Murray'', ''Music'', ''Nellie Jackson'', ''Nettie'', ''Severn'', ''St. Mary's'', and ''Swan''
External links
Photo: Power Boat ''Murray''
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1915 ships
Ships built in Annapolis, Maryland
Maritime history of Maryland
Chesapeake Bay boats
Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
World War I patrol vessels of the United States