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''Pet No. 9'' was a
pilot boat A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming ship ...
used by the New York
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in the 19th century. The schooner was used to pilot vessels to and from the
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.


Construction and service

The pilot boat ''Pet'' was built in 1866 by Edward A. Costigan at Charlestown,
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, for Boston pilot Captain Abel T. Hayden, the father of Abel F. Hayden. She was 54 tons, steered by a
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. The sister pilot-boats, ''Pet'' and ''Phantom'', were built on a model by Dennison J. Lawlor of
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, Massachusetts for the New York pilots. The vessels had a reputation for swiftness under sail. The ''Pet'' was in service for a number of years in Boston. The Boston pilot-boat Pet was purchased by Captain Joseph Henderson on August 29, 1872. The pilot-boat ''Pet,'' was registered with the ''Record of American and Foreign Shipping'' in 1876. She was listed as a pilot schooner built in 1868. The New York Pilots were listed as owners and Joseph Henderson was listed as
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. On November 21, 1889, the Pet, No. 9, stuck on the rocks in
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, harbor and sank and reported as having been abandoned.


Specifications

The ''Pet'' was 56 tons, 78 feet long, 21½ feet beam, 8½ 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.


See also

List of Northeastern U. S. Pilot Boats


References


External links


The Sandy Hook Pilots website
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