Pilot Boat Virginia
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Virginia |
Owner | N. Y. Pilots |
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Launched | ca. 1838 |
Out of service | March 7, 1860 |
Fate | Wreck (1860) |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | schooner |
Propulsion | Sail |
The Virginia was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat. She came from Savannah to New York City in 1838. In 1840, the Virginia was No. 8 in the list of only eight pilot boats in the New York fleet. She went ashore in 1860 and was replaced by the pilot boat William H. Aspinwall in 1861.