 Alexander M. Lawrence
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Alexander M. Lawrence |
| Owner | |
| Operator |
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| Builder | C. & R. Poillon shipyard |
| Cost | $16,000 |
| Launched | 21 May 1879 |
| Out of service | 10 September 1897 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 87 Thames Measurement[3] |
| Length | 97 ft 0 in (29.57 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 11 in (6.99 m) |
| Depth | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Sail plan | 75 ft 6 in (23.01 m) |
| Notes | Stern of white oak, with live oak aprons and hooks. Floors are double Maryland oak |
Alexander M. Lawrence was the last of the 19th-century sailing schooners to be in the New York pilot boat service as a station boat. She was one of the largest and fastest in the Sandy Hook fleet. She was built to take the place of the New York pilot-boat Abraham Leggett, No. 4, that was hit by the steamship Naples, in 1879. Her boat model won a medal at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair illustrating the perils of the pilot-boat service. In the age of steam, the Lawrence was sold by the Pilots' Association to the Pacific Mining and Trading Company in 1897.
- ^ "Index to Ship Registers 1881-1885". research.mysticseaport.org. Mystic seaport. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
- ^ "Index to Ship Registers 1898-1900". research.mysticseaport.org. Mystic seaport. Retrieved 2020-09-07.
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