William H. Starbuck (pilot boat)
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William H. Starbuck was a 19th-century New York pilot boat built to take the place of the Mary and Catherine, that sank in 1885. She was launched from the J. S. Ellis & Son shipyard, at Tottenville, Staten Island in 1886. The Starbuck was one of the few pilot-boats to take the offensive in the Great Blizzard of 1888, when she ran into the steamship Japanese and survived one of the most severe recorded blizzards in American history. She was one of the last pilot boats that were sold in an age of steam and electricity.
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Pilot Boat William Starbuck | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | William H. Starbuck |
Namesake | William H. Starbuck, a railroad financier |
Owner | N. Y. Pilots, Jacob A Heath |
Operator | Archibald Heath, Henry Devere, James Devere, Frederick Ryerson, and Oscar Stoffreiden |
Builder | J. S. Ellis & Son shipyard, New York |
Launched | 30 May 1886[1] |
Christened | By Emma Devere on 30 May 1886 |
Out of service | 1 February 1896 |
Fate | Sold |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | schooner |
Tonnage | 87 Thames Measurement |
Length | 75 ft 6 in (23.01 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 7 in (6.27 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
Depth | 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | 75 ft 6 in (23.01 m) |
Notes | Mahogany ash and cherry fittings; hackmatack timbers and white oak planking |
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