George W. Blunt, No. 11
 George W. Blunt, No. 11
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| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | George W. Blunt |
| Owner: | New York Pilots |
| Operator: | Joseph Henderson, James Callahan |
| Port of registry: | American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping |
| Builder: | Daniel Westervelt of Westervelt & Co. shipyard[1] |
| Launched: | 1856 |
| In service: | circa 1856 – 1865 |
| Out of service: | 16 August 1865 |
| Renamed: | G. W. Blunt |
| Homeport: | New York |
| Nickname(s): | Blunt |
| General characteristics 1st Blunt | |
| Class and type: | Schooner |
| Displacement: | 122 ton |
| Length: | 85 feet |
| Beam: | 21 feet |
| Propulsion: | sails |
| Sail plan: | Schooner-rigged |
| History | |
| United States
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| Name: | George W. Blunt |
| Owner: | New York Pilots |
| Operator: | John Phelan |
| Port of registry: | Record of American and Foreign Shipping |
| Builder: | In Boston, Massachusetts |
| Cost: | 10,000 |
| Acquired: | 1861 |
| In service: | circa 1861 – 1875 |
| Out of service: | 1875 |
| Fate: | Sank at sea |
| General characteristics 2nd Blunt | |
| Class and type: | Schooner |
| Displacement: | 52 ton |
| Length: | 75 feet |
| Beam: | 20 feet, 4 inches |
| Propulsion: | sails |
| Sail plan: | Schooner-rigged |
George W. Blunt, No. 11 was a New York Sandy Hook pilot boat. The schooner was used to pilot vessels to and from the Port of New York and New Jersey. The pilot boat was sold to the United States Navy in 1861 and served in the South Atlantic Blcokading Squadron in the South.[2] She was larger than any other boat in the pilot-boat fleet.[1]
Construction and service[edit]
The George W. Blunt was a two-masted, 85-foot long, 122-ton schooner, fully 20 tons larger than any other boat in the Sandy Hook fleet.[1] Her cabin had highly finished Bird's eye maple, with mirrors to match, and cushions covered with velvet brocade. She had lockers for coal and wood and tanks for water. Her stern was ornamented with a scroll and shield, on which were displayed the national flags of England, France, and America.[1] The boat was named after George W. Blunt, Secretary of the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the New York harbor from 1845-1877).[citation needed]
According to American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping, the Geo. W. Blunt was built in 1856 for the Sandy Hook New York Pilots. James Callahan was master of the boat.[3]
Civil War[edit]
On November 23, 1861, during the Civil War, the George W. Blunt was acquired by the United States Navy as a gunboat as well as a dispatch boat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. She was renamed the USS G. W. Blunt.[2]
On April 19, 1862, the Confederate schooner Wave was captured by the pilot boat G. W. Blunt off the coast of South Carolina.[4]
Construction and service for George W. Blunt II[edit]
A second pilot boat was built in Boston in 1861 for the N. Y. pilots to take the place of the orginal George W. Blunt, which was sold to the government during the Civil War.[2][5][6]
In 1874, the Geroge W. Blunt, No. 11, resued the bark Alfred at sea during a storm that brought the boat safely into the New York port.[7][8]
On 1875, the Pilot boat George W. Blunt, No. 11, sprang a leak off Gay Head and was run ashore at Jones Inlet, twenty-eight miles of Sandy Hook. She was bilged and proved a total loss. Her value was $10,000, of which only $1,400 was covered by insurance.[9][6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Marine Items, New Pilot Boat". New York Daily Times. 1856-12-17. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 3. Navy Department. 1968. ISBN 9780160020551. Search this book on
- ↑ "American Lloyd's Register of American and Foreign Shipping". Mysticseaport.org. 1859. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
- ↑ "April-Fifty Years Ago". The Weekly Independent. Coffeyville, Kansas. 1912-05-09. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ↑ "Record of American and Foreign Shipping, 1877". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Total Wreck Of A Pilot Boat". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 1875-02-04. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ↑ Charles Edward Russell, From Sandy Hook to 62, The Century Co., New York, 1929, page 150. OCLC 640130103
- ↑ "The New York Pilots". New York Daily Herald. New York, New York. 1874-05-11. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ↑ "Loss Of A Pilot-Boat". The New York Times. New York, New York. 1875-02-04. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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