Gratitude (pilot boat)
New York Pilot boat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gratitude was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1824 by Brown & Bell for New York pilots. She helped transport maritime pilots between inbound or outbound ships coming into the New York Harbor. In 1839, she had a narrow escape from the slave ship La Amistad. In 1839, the Gratitude No. 3, was shipwrecked when a hurricane swept the New York coast. The New Jersey Pilot Boat John McKeon was lost in the same storm.
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Name | Gratitude |
Owner | New York Pilots |
Operator | Enah Harris |
Builder | Brown & Bell |
Cost | $6,000 |
Launched | January 1825 |
Completed | 1824 |
In service | 1825 |
Out of service | August 28, 1839 |
Homeport | New York |
Fate | Sank |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Schooner |
Propulsion | sails |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
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