Pet, No. 9

Pet No. 9 was a pilot boat used by the New York Sandy Hook Pilots in the 19th century. The schooner was used to pilot vessels to and from the Port of New York and New Jersey.[1]

Pet, No. 9, by Elisha Taylor Baker (circa 1880)
History
United States
Name: Pet
Owner: New York Pilots
Operator: Joseph Henderson
Port of registry: Record of American and Foreign Shipping
Builder: Charlestown, Massachusetts
In service: circa 1876 - 1885
Out of service: sank at sea
General characteristics
Displacement: 54 tons
Length: 54 feet
Beam: 21 feet
Draft: 10 feet, 6 inches
Propulsion: sails
Sail plan: Schooner-rigged
Notes: Signal letters, 399-20-175

Construction and service

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, steered by a tiller.[2] The sister pilot boats, Pet and Phantom, were built on a model by Dennison J. Lawlor of East Boston, Massachusetts for the New York pilots. The vessels had a reputation for swiftness under sail.[3] The Pet was in service for a number of years in Boston and later sold to the New York pilots.[4] On November 21, 1889, the Pet, No. 9, stuck on the rocks in Newport, Rhode Island, harbor and sank. She was later reported as having gone to pieces and left abandoned.[5][6]

Registration

The pilot-boat Pet, No. 9, was registered in the New York Record of American and Foreign Shipping from 1876 to 1885.[7][8]

Specifications

125 tons burthen, 78 feet long, 21 ½ feet beam, 8 ½ feet depth of hold, draws 11 feet aft, and 6 ½ feet forward, and spreads about 1,800 yards of canvas to the three lower sails.”[9]


References
  1. Russell, Charles Edward (1929). From Sandy Hook to 62°. New York: Century Co. pp. 148–153. OCLC 3804485. From Sandy Hook to 62;̊ being some account of the adventures, exploits and services of the old New York pilot-boat.
  2. Eastman, Ralph, M., (1956), "Pilots and Pilot Boats of Boston Harbor," Boston, Massachusetts, Page 83
  3. Chapelle, Howard I. (1960). "The National Watercraft Collection". United States National Museum, Bulletin 219. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. p. 90.
  4. Eastman, Ralph M. (1956). Pilots and pilot boats of Boston Harbor. Boston, Massachusetts: Second Bank-State Street Trust Company.
  5. "ASHORE NEAR NEWPORT". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 21, 1989. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  6. "A New York Pilot Boat Sunk". The Sun. November 20, 1889. Retrieved 2020-01-30. Pilot Boat Pet, No. 9, of New York went ashore this morning on the east side of Conanicut Island, half way between Beaver Tail and Mackerel Cove.
  7. "Index to Ship Registers". research.mysticseaport.org. Mystic seaport. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  8. Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1885
  9. "The Pilot-Boat Pet" (PDF). New York NY Spirit Of Times. 1877-02-03. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
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