&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:New_York_Pilot_Schooner_No._18_J._Stafford,_by_Conrad_Freitag.jpg) New York Pilot-Boat No. 18, James Stafford, by Conrad Freitag, c. 1889.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | James Stafford |
| Owner | Joseph Nelson, Frederick Ryerson, Charles Anderson, James Mitchell, Oscar Stoffrelden |
| Launched | 3 Nov 1888 |
| Christened | Flora P. Stafford on 3 Nov 1888 |
| Out of service | 1898 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 56-tons TM |
| Length | 81 ft 0 in (24.69 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 2 in (6.45 m) |
| Depth | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
| Notes | Hull is black with a golden stripe |
The James Stafford was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1888 for the New York Pilots. She took the place of the pilot boat Enchantress, that was lost in the Great Blizzard of 1888. She was named after James Stafford, one of the oldest and prominent shipping men of Brooklyn. She sank near Sandy Hook in 1898 when she ran into the Dry Romer shoal. At that time, the Stafford was one of the oldest pilot-boats still in service in a time when they were being replaced with steam pilot boats.