Joseph Pulitzer (pilot boat)

New York pilot boat Joseph Pulitzer, No. 20 (painting by Antonio Jacobsen.
History
United States
NameJoseph Pulitzer
NamesakeJoseph Pulitzer, newspaper publisher
OwnerJacob M. Heath, John Ronayne, Thomas Marks, Frederick Ryerson, Martin Ryerson, and Jacob P. Lockman
OperatorJacob M. Heath
BuilderMoses Adams
Launched21 February 1894
Out of service1 February 1896
FateSold
General characteristics
Class and typeschooner
Tonnage73-tons TM[1]
Length78 ft 0 in (23.77 m)
Beam22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
Draft77 ft 0 in (23.47 m)
Depth9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
PropulsionSail
NotesWater tank with a capacity for 16,000 agallons of water

The Joseph Pulitzer was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat, built by Moses Adams in 1894 at Essex, Massachusetts for New York Pilots. She was a replacement for the Pilot Boat Edward Cooper, that sank off Sandy Hook in 1892. The Joseph Pulitzer was one of the finest and best equipped boats in the service. She was named in honor of Joseph Pulitzer, a New York newspaper publisher. In 1896, when New York pilot boats were moving to steamboats, she was sold to the Oregon Pilots Association.

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