Joseph Pulitzer (pilot boat)
The Joseph Pulitzer was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat, built by Moses Adams in 1894 at Essex, Massachusetts for New York Pilots. She was a replacement for the Pilot Boat Edward Cooper, that sank off Sandy Hook in 1892. The Joseph Pulitzer was one of the finest and best equipped boats in the service. She was named in honor of Joseph Pulitzer, a New York newspaper publisher. In 1896, when New York pilot boats were moving to steamboats, she was sold to the Oregon Pilots Association.
New York pilot boat Joseph Pulitzer, No. 20 (painting by Antonio Jacobsen. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Joseph Pulitzer |
| Namesake | Joseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher |
| Owner | Jacob M. Heath, John Ronayne, Thomas Marks, Frederick Ryerson, Martin Ryerson, and Jacob P. Lockman |
| Operator | Jacob M. Heath |
| Builder | Moses Adams |
| Launched | 21 February 1894 |
| Out of service | 1 February 1896 |
| Fate | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 73-tons TM |
| Length | 78 ft 0 in (23.77 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
| Draft | 77 ft 0 in (23.47 m) |
| Depth | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Notes | Water tank with a capacity for 16,000 agallons of water |
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