THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING

L. Scott Doane, 79; guided ships into Boston Harbor

By Matthew M. Burke
Globe Correspondent / July 9, 2005

E-mail this article

Invalid E-mail address
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Text size – +

L. Scott Doane, who for four decades safely guided vessels -- from Queen Elizabeth II's yacht to tankers the length of two football fields -- through the buoys, beacons, shoals, and underwater hazards of Boston Harbor, died June 25 at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth. He was 79. (Full article: 578 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

  • $4.95 1 article
  • $9.95 4 articles
  • $25.95 Monthly