Elbridge T. Gerry (pilot boat)

Pilot boat Elbridge T. Gerry
History
United States
NameElbridge T. Gerry
NamesakeElbridge Thomas Gerry
Owner
  • Captain B. J. Guiness
  • Hiram Treat
  • John Reardon
  • Edward Earl
  • Charles Foster
  • William Hurrall
Cost$13,000
LaunchedAugust 24, 1888
Out of serviceDecember 13, 1896
RenamedKwasind
HomeportPort of New York
FateSold
General characteristics
Tons burthen62-tons[1]
Length80 ft 0 in (24.38 m)
Beam21 ft 8 in (6.60 m)
Propulsionschooner sail
Sail plan
  • Schooner-rigged
  • 70 ft 0 in (21.34 m)foremast
  • 71 ft 0 in (21.64 m) mainmast

Elbridge T. Gerry was a 19th-century New York Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1888 at the Robinson & Waterhouse shipyard in City Island, Bronx. She was named in honor of Elbridge Thomas Gerry, a commodore of the New York Yacht Club. She served as a pilot boat from 1888 to 1896, when she was sold for offshore yachting cruises. Her name was changed to Kwasind, after the strongman in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha.

  1. ^ "Documents of the Legislature of the State of New Jersey". III. New Jersey: New Jersey Legislature. 31 Oct 1891. Retrieved 31 Aug 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)