&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Steam_Pilot_Boat_Sandy_Hook.jpg) Steam Pilot Boat Sandy Hook
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Sandy Hook |
| Namesake | Sandy Hook |
| Owner | New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association |
| Operator | William Healy |
| Builder | Lewis Nixon |
| Launched | September 12, 1902 |
| Out of service | April 27, 1939 |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 361-tons |
| Length | 168 ft 6 in (51.36 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 4 in (7.42 m) |
| Depth | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail and triple-expansion 1,000-horse power steam engines |
The Sandy Hook was a steam pilot boat built in 1902, by Lewis Nixon at the Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, she was purchased by the New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association to replace the pilot boat New Jersey, that was lost in 1914. She could carry 10 to 12 pilots that would help guide ships through the New York Harbor. The Norwegian America Line Oslofjord, with the Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden on board, ran into and sank the Sandy Hook in 1939.