Leila had been armed with a 12-pound Dahlgren boat howitzer and engaged in at least one major fight in February 1884 and that weapon may have been transferred to the later steamer that had that type of gun.

State forces were reinforced by Governor R. M. McLane and five dredging schooners were captured, though their captains escaped, and towed into Cambridge, Maryland.

[7] On 21 July 1916 a first meeting between the Maryland Commission and Virginia authorities took place aboard Governor R. M. McLane in the Potomac River to agree on uniform rules to be enforced by both states.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Governor R. M. McLane served as a patrol craft in the Chesapeake Bay for the remainder of World War I.

The work was done and the vessel was in service condition when on 3 December she was nearly destroyed by fire while moored at the piers of Canton Lumber Company adjacent to Spedden Shipbuilding in Baltimore where the steamer was to undergo inspection.

[11] Six other vessels were destroyed, including the 155.5 ft (47.4 m) U.S. Army passenger and freight steamer Major L'Enfant on which the ship's cook died in the fire.

[11] Governor R. M. McLane was found to be repairable and was rebuilt by the Spedden Shipbuilding Company within the insurance payment to the state with completion in October and back in commission on 10 November 1920.

[16] The next year the steamer assisted with creation of new beds by planting oyster shell until withdrawn for other duty after completion of the "Diamond" area off Sharp's Island.

[18] Governor R. M. McLane is listed in the Merchant Vessel Registers in the early 1940s with official number 234375 and signal WOGF with the last entry in the 1945 registry.

Bessie Jones, Buck, Daisy Archer, Dorothy, Frolic, Governor R. M. McLane, Julia Hamilton, Helen Baughman, Murray, Music, Nellie Jackson, Nettie, Severn, St. Mary's, and Swan