.jpg) Pilot boat Caleb Curtis, ca. 1859
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Caleb Curtis |
| Namesake | Caleb Curtis, Boston pilot commissioner |
| Owner | Boston and San Francisco Pilots |
| Operator | John Callahan, Joseph Simmons, Aurelius A. Buckingham, Henry Van Ness, John F. Schander, Alex Swanson, Captain Boyd and Captain Neale |
| Launched | 1859 |
| Out of service | May 29, 1892 |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Schooner |
| Tonnage | 80-tons TM |
| Length | 90 ft 0 in (27.43 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
The Caleb Curtis was a 19th-century two-masted Boston pilot boat, built in 1859 at Chelsea, Massachusetts for Boston maritime pilots. She well known for her speed. the Curtis was sold to the San Francisco Pilots' Opposition Line in October 1861 and sailed from Boston around Cape Horn and then to San Francisco to become a pilot boat with the San Francisco fleet. She was shipwrecked inside the Bonita Channel in 1867. The Caleb Curtis was repaired, and was able to continue as a pilot boat in San Francisco from 1867 to 1892. She was sold at auction 1892. From 1892 to 1899, she had different owners and sailed the waters of Japan, Socorro Island, Clipperton Island and Tahiti, Hong Kong and Klondike, Yukon. She was shipwrecked at Cape Nome, Alaska in 1899.