List of pilot boats

A small pilot boat.

This list of pilot boats is a list of notable pilot boats for New York, New Jersey, and Boston, Massachusetts. Pilot boats with the same ship numbers are organized by date and location.

Pilot boats

Ship No.	Ship Name	Image	Description
No. 1	Moses H. Ginnell	(picture available in citation for Pilots book)	The pilot boat Moses H. Grinnell was built in 1850 for the Jersey pilots and designed by George Steers. It was owned by George W. Blunt. The pilot boat was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. She was run down by the steamer Union on the Outer Middle Ground in 1863. The Grinnell was the first pilot boat to show the fully developed long entry that was to become the New York schooner's trade mark.[1][2]
No. 1	Hope	(picture available in citation for Pilots book)	New York Pilot Boat (1862). Made from the model by Henry Steers. She was lost at Sandy Hook on March 15, 1890.[3]
No. 1	T. S. Negus	(picture available in citation for Pilots book)	The New York pilot boat T. S. Negus, No. 1 boarded her pilot onto the clipper ship Glory of the Sea.[3]
No. 1	Herman Oelrichs	(picture available in citation for Pilots book)	New York Pilot Boat Herman Oelrichs, No. 1, was built in 1894 in Essex, Connecticut, for the New York pilots.[3]
No. 1	America		The Boston Pilot Boat America, No. 1, was noted in The Boston Globe for April 29, 1902, which said: The ashes of Capt Fowler, encased in a small rosewood box, were conveyed to the pilot boat America, No. 1, which was lying at the National dock wharf, East Boston.[4][5]
No. 1	Lillie	(picture available in citation for Pilots book)	Boston pilot boat Lillie, No. 1, was design by Dennison J. Lawlor in 1876. Owned by Captain George W. Lawler. Lillie was named after his mother. She was later sold to the New York pilots and renamed the Richard K. Fox.[3][6]
No. 2	Edmund Blunt		The pilot boat Edmund Blunt, No. 2, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. Pilot boats Mary A. Williams, William H. Bateman and Edmund Blunt raced and competed for honors in May, 1890. Blunt went ashore in the storm of March, 1888 on the Long Island coast.[1] There was also a boat called the "Edwin" Blunt from 1859 to 1875 in the index to Ship Registers.
No. 2	Louise		The pilot boat Louise No. 2, was built as a pilot boat in 1900 by Ambrose Martin at East Boston, Massachusetts. On 10 September 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, the Boston Pilots Relief Society, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I.[6]
No. 3	Commerce	(no picture)	The Pilot Boat Commerce (1852) belonged to the New Jersey and Sandy Hook Pilots.
No. 3	Charles H. Marshall	(no picture)	The pilot boat Charles H. Marshall, No. 3, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] This boat is listed in the Index to Ship Registers with the owners as the N. Y. Pilots.[7]
No. 3	D. J. Lawlor	Picture available in book Pilots and Pilot Boats of Poston Harbor.	The pilot boat D. J. Lawlor, No. 3, was built in 1882 by Porter Keene at Weymouth, Mass. She was considered the best heavy weather boat in the service. She was named for Dennison J. Lawlor, the pilot boat designer.[6]
No. 4	Washington	(no picture)	The pilot boat Washington, No. 4, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] This boat is listed in the Index to Ship Registers with the owners as the N. Y. Pilots.[7]
No. 4	Adams	(picutre at Digital Commonwealth Adams Pilot Boat #4)	Boston Pilot Boat that was built in 1888 by Moses Adams at Essex, Massachusetts for Captain John H. Jeffery.[3] Photographed by Nathaniel Stebbins.
No. 4	Alexander M. Lawrence	(picture of the famous pilot boat, Alexander M. Lawrence is in citation for Russell's book)	Pilot Boat Alexander M. Lawrence, No. 4, was a station boat. She was one of the largest and best in the Sandy Hook fleet.[2] On May 19, 1885, Boatkeeper Sullivan said that on Tuesday last the Lawrence was about 20 miles east of Nantucket. A whale ran headlong into the port bow of the vessel. None were hurt. The escape of the Lawrence, which measures only 88 tons, was a narrow one.[8]
No. 4	Jacob Bell	(no picture)	The Pilot Boat (1853), No. 4, went down in a gale far out of the Sandy Hook in 1854.[1]
No. 5	Charlotte Webb	(no picture)	New York Pilot Boat Charlotte Webb No. 5, was run down and sunk March 18, 1889, when eighteen miles east of Sandy Hook lightship by French Line steamship La Normandie.[2]
No. 5	Hesper	(picutre at Digital Commonwealth Hesper No. 5)	Hesper was a wooden Boston pilot schooner, designed for speed in order to be the first to reach offshore merchant vessels and escort them through the treacherous harbor islands into the port. The fastest boat got to the client first, and Hesper had the reputation of being the fastest throughout her working career. Designed in 1884 by Boston naval architect Dennison J. Lawlor and built by Montgomery & Howard. The schooner measured 102 feet on deck by 23 feet in beam, with a 12-foot draft. She was sold out of the Boston pilot service in 1901[9][6] Photographed by Nathaniel Stebbins.
No. 5	David Mitchell	(no picture)	The pilot boat David Mitchell, No. 5, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] The New York Times reported that the Pilot-boat David Mitchell, No. 5, went to her assistance, and placed on board the ship two of her pilots.
No. 6	Mary and Catherine	(no picture)	The pilot boat Mary and Catherine, No. 6, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] This boat is listed in the Index to Ship Registers with the owners as the N. Y. Pilots.[7]
No. 6	George Steers	(picture available in citation for Pilots book)	New Jersey Pilot Boat George Steers No. 6, was built in 1851. She was driven ashore near Barnet Inlet in a northeasterly gale on February 12, 1865. All hands five perished.[3]
No. 6	William H. Starbuck		Pilot Boat William H. Starbuck, No. 6, was run down by SS Japanese off Barnegat, New Jersey on March 12, 1888.[1]
No. 7	Elwood Walter		The pilot boat Elwood Walter, No. 7, was built by Mr. Edward F. Williams of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York in 1853. The schooner was named after Ellwood Walter, the President of the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company. She was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2]
No. 7	Edmund Driggs	(no picture)	Pilot Boat Edmund Driggs No. 7, was cast ashore in the blizzard of 1888.[2]
No. 7	Friend	(picutre at Digital Commonwealth Pilot Boat Friend, No. 7)	Boston pilot boat Friend No. 7 was built in 1888. One of captains was Captain Thomas Cooper. She was replaced by the pilot boat Columbia.[3]
No. 7	Minerva	(picutre at Digital Commonwealth Pilot Boat No. 7)	Boston pilot noat. Photographed by Nathaniel Stebbins.
No. 8	Sylph		Boston Pilot Boat ooner Sylph No. 8 was built at North Weymouth, MA in 1878. She was sold out of service in 1901, after 23 years of Boston pilot service.[10][6] Photographed by Nathaniel Stebbins.
No. 8	Richard K. Fox		Boston pilot boat Lillie, No. 1, was built at East Boston, Massachusetts, on a model by Dennison J. Lawlor in 1876. She was later sold to the New York pilots and renamed the Richard K. Fox.[11]
No. 8	Isaac Webb	(picture available in the Russell citation)	The pilot boat Isaac Webb No. 8, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. She rescued the crew of the Sarah in October 1878. The Webb was shipwrecked on the Rhode Island coast, where the boat became a total loss. Isaac Webb was also a shipbuilder.[2] This boat is listed in the Index to Ship Registers with the owners as the N. Y. Pilots.[7]
No. 8	Columbia		Pilot boat Columvia, No. 8, was run down off Fire Island on December 3, 1883 by the S. S. Alaska of the Guion Line. All hands were lost. The loss of the Columbia indicates the extreme danger that pilots encountered while tyring to board a steamship in rough weather.[1]
No. 9	James Avery	(no picture)	The pilot boat James Avery, No. 9 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. David S. Nicolay served as boat-keeper on the James Avery No. 9, from 1866 to 1867.[12]
No. 9	Pet		The pilot boat Pet was built in 1866 by Edward E. "Ned" Costigan at Charlestown, Massachusetts, for Pilot Captain Abel T. Hayden. She was 54 tons and steered by a tiller. She was in service for a number of years in Boston and later sold to the New York pilots.[6] By 1876, she was registered to Captain Joseph Henderson.[7]
No. 10	J. M. Waterbury	Picture is in the book "Maritime New York in Nineteenth-Century Photographs" by Harry Johnson and Frederick S. Lifghtfoot, 1980, page 25.	Pilot boat J. M. Waterbury, No. 10 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2]
No. 10	Widgeon	(citation has picture of the Widgeon No. 9)	The pilot schooner Widgeon was originally built as a yacht for owner Franklin Osgood of the New York Yacht Club. Pilot Boat #10 was of the New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association.[13]
No. 11	Edward K. Collins	(no picture)	Pilot Boat Edward K. Collins, No. 11 ran ashore on Fire Island in a blinding snow storm on January 10, 1856.[1]
No. 11	George W. Blunt		The pilot boat George W. Blunt, No. 11, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] She was a two-masted, 85-foot long, 122-ton schooner. She was built by Daniel Westervelt son of Jacob Aaron Westervelt of the shipyard Westervelt & Co., built in 1856.
No. 11	G. W. Blunt	(no picture)	The G. W. Blunt was acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat as well as a dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. She was lot on the Long Island shore about thirty miles from Sandy Hook light vessel in 1875.[1]
No. 11	Phantom		The Phantom, No. 11, was design by Dennison J. Lawlor. The SS Oregon was rescued by the pilot boat Phantom No. 11.[1]
No. 11	William H. Bateman		Pilot boats Mary A. Williams, William H. Bateman and Edmund Blunt raced and competed for honors in May, 1890. John Handran was lost on pilot boat Bateman No. 11, on April 15, 1889.[1]
No. 12	William J. Romer		The pilot Boat Pilot Boat, William J. Romer, No. 12, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] She was with Captain James McGuire, Leaving for England February 9, 1846.[1]
No. 13	Mary Ann	(no picture)	The pilot boat Mary Ann, No. 23 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. Several reports about the Mary Ann, No. 13 going ashore outside of Sandy Hook.[14]
No. 13	Francis Perkins	(no picture)	The pilot boat Francis Perkins No. 13, hailing from New York, was struck by a wreck on Barnegat shoals in a gale and snow storm in January, 1887. Six of the crew were saved and two lost.[15]
No. 14	Edwin Forest	(no picture)	The pilot Boat Edwin Forest No. 14, of New York, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] She was lost on Long Island in 1862. She was replaced in 1865 by Dennison J. Lawlor of Boston, Massachusetts.[11]
No. 14	Edward F. Williams	(no picture)	In the March blizzard of 1888, Pilot Boat Edward F. Williams No. 14 dragged her anchors and went ashore in the Sandy Hook horseshoe.[2]
No. 15	John D. Jones	Picture is in the book "Maritime New York in Nineteenth-Century Photographs" by Harry Johnson and Frederick S. Lifghtfoot, 1980, page 17.	The 125-ton pilot boat John D. Jones, No. 15 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. On March 18, 1871, pilot boat J. D. Jones, while in the act of boarding the Inman Line steamship City of Washington, from Liverpool for New York, 280 miles east from Sandy Hook, was run into and struck sinking her in 15 minutes in a stormy night. The pilots and crew all saved.[16]
No. 16	Christian Bergh	(no picture)	The pilot boat Christian Bergh, No. 16 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. On March 10, 1860, the New York Evening Express reported: Packet Ship De Witt Clinton Ashore! Passengers were safe and put on board the pilot boat Christian Bergh, No. 16, and would go through Quarantine.[17]
No. 17	Fannie		The pilot boat Fannie, No. 17 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] There are several newspaper accounts of doing business as a New York pilot boat from 1860 through 1891.
No. 17	Mary Taylor	(image is in citation for "Pilots")	New York pilot boat built in 1849 at Williamsburg, New York and designed by George Steers for pilot Richard Brown.[3]
No. 18	Enchantress	(no picture)	The pilot Boat Enchantress No. 18, was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860.[2] She went down with all hands on March 13, 1888 blizzard. Pilot Daniel V. Jones and others was lost.[1]
No. 18	James Stafford		New York Pilot boat James Stafford, No. 18 was built in 1880 by Conrad Freitag.
No. 19	Mary A. Williams		The pilot boat Mary A. Williams, No. 19 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. Pilot boats Mary A. Williams, William H. Bateman and Edmund Blunt raced and competed for honors in May, 1890.[1]
No. 19	Jacob A. Westervelt	(picture available in citation)	Pilot Boat Jacob A. Westervelt No. 19 was run down and sunk by the British steamer Saxonia on Tuesday morning, April 20, 1858, her Captain, John O’Keefe, drowned. She was built in 1853 by Aaron Westervely. She was 110 tons burthen and one of the best and fastest boats in the fleet.[18][3][2]
No. 20	Nettle	(no picture)	The pilot boat Nettle, No. 20 was one of twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. On April 23, 1860, pilot boat Nettle fell in with the wreck of the Bark Belle. She made the following report: "Sunday 15th, at three P.M. fell in with the wreck of bark Belle of Boston, dismasted and waterlogged; attempted to tow her, but wind being light made no impression upon her; lay by her all night."[19]
No. 20	Joseph Pulitzer	(picture in citation for book "Pilots")	New York Pilot Boat Joseph Pulitzer was built in 1894 at Essex, Massachusetts for the New York Captain J. M. Heath.[3] She resuced part of the crew and some of the passengers of the schooner Georgiana Young, who had abandoned their ship after it had stranded in an easterly gale, on Roamer Shoal.[1]
No. 21	William H. Aspinwall	(no picture)	The pilot boat William H. Aspinwall, No. 21 was one of the twenty-one New York pilot boats in 1860. The boat was lost near Fire Island in April, 1880. She has been replaced by the new schooner "America," built especially for the service.[20]
No. 21	America	(no picture)	Joseph Henderson was attached to the pilot boat, America, No. 21, in the blizzard of March 1888, and at the time of his death in 1890.[21][22] There is also newspaper accounts of a pilot boat "American", No. 21.
No. 22	James Funck	(no picture)	On August 11, 1864, the pilot boat James Funk, No. 22, was captured and burned by the Confederate pirate cruiser Tallahassee.[1]
No. 23	Josiah Johnson	(no picture)	Pilot Boat Josiah Johnson, No. 23 was sunk in 1869.[2]
No. 24	William Bell		The William Bell was built in Greenpoint, Long Island, New York, in 1863–64 by shipbuilder Edward F. Williams of Brooklyn for Joseph Henderson (pilot), William H. Anderson, John Van Dusen, and James Callahan.

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See also

• List of ship types
• List of schooners
• List of boat types

References

External links

• The Sandy Hook Pilots website
• Digital Commonwealth Pilot Boats website

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