M/V COMMANDER | |
 Commander moored in Brooklyn Bridge Park, July 2018 | |
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| Nearest city | West Haverstraw, New York |
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| Coordinates | 41°12′59″N73°58′03″W / 41.21639°N 73.96750°W /41.21639; -73.96750 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1917 |
| Architect | Beele Wallace Co. |
| NRHP reference No. | 84002951[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 27, 1984 |
MVCommander is a historicmotor vessel built in 1917 and designed by Beele Wallace Co. ofMorehead City, North Carolina, United States. She is homeported at the Haverstraw Marina inWest Haverstraw,Rockland County, New York.[2] She is a wooden 275-passenger excursion boat approximately 60 feet in length, 25 feet in breadth (18.3 m × 7.6 m), and weighing 70 tons.[3] MVCommander was built as an excursion boat for service between Rockaway and Brooklyn, New York.[4]
She was leased to theUnited States Navy on 17 September 1917 and commissioned on 3 January 1918.[5] She operated around theNew York Navy Yard duringWorld War I to outfitsubmarine chasers and tow mannedobservation balloons off the entrances ofNew York Harbor.[4] TheCommander was decommissioned from the Navy on 5 February 1919 and returned to her civilian owner.[5]
TheCommander spent the next 8 decades with Rockaway Boat Line, one of the longest uninterrupted services in excursion boat history in the United States.[4] She is now operated in the Hudson River Highlands as an excursion vessel.[4] TheCommander is the only former U.S. Naval vessel of World War I vintage still operating under her own motor power and in its original condition.[4]
She was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
And in late 2019, the boat was listed for sale, and as of early 2020 she has not been sold.[6]
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