Virginia (pilot boat)

Pilot Boat Virginia
History
United States
NameVirginia
OwnerN. Y. Pilots
Operator
  • G. Wright
  • Thomas E. B. Johnson
  • Walter Brewer
Launchedca. 1838
Out of serviceMarch 7, 1860
FateWreck (1860)
General characteristics
Class and typeschooner
PropulsionSail

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.