USS Irene Forsyte
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USS Irene Forsyte (IX-93) was a three masted schooner originally built as MacLean Clan which was briefly converted to a Q-ship, of the United States Navy.
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Canada | |
Name | McLean Clan |
Namesake | Clan MacLean |
Owner | H. W. Adams |
Port of registry | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, 1920–1929; Windsor, Nova Scotia 1929-c. 1932 |
Builder | McLean Construction Company |
Launched | 1920 |
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Fate | Sold to American owners in 1930s |
United States | |
Name | USS Irene Forsyte |
Laid down | 1920 |
Launched | 1922 |
Acquired | by purchase, 16 November 1942 |
Commissioned | 26 August 1943 |
Decommissioned | 16 December 1943 |
Reclassified | IX-93, 7 December 1942 |
Stricken | 22 December 1944 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Q-ship |
Tonnage | 283 GRT |
Length | 144 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 7 in (8.41 m) |
Sail plan | Tern Schooner |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
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