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WRITTEN ON VERSO: BUILT 1943, AT ALABAMA, BY THE ALABAMA DRY DOCK & SHIPBUILDING COMPANY. OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES WAR SHIPPING ADMINISTRATION. 10,172 TONS,
Cpl. Rosebud Nickell, A-319105, of the Third WAC Company is shown in front of the WAC headquarters where she relaxes during one of her few free moments. Cpl. Nickell lives in upper Darby, Pa. Photo taken at CPH.
Portrait of an enlisted WAC, she is outdoors straddling a bicycle.
Cpl. Rosebud Nickell, A-319105, of the Third WAC Company is shown in front of the WAC headquarters where she relaxes during one of her few free moments. Cpl. Nickell lives in upper Darby, Pa. Photo taken at CPH.
Portrait of an enlisted WAC, she is outdoors with a hayseed in her mouth.
Cpl. Rosebud Nickell, A-319105, of the Third WAC Company is shown in front of the WAC headquarters where she relaxes during one of her few free moments. Cpl. Nickell lives in upper Darby, Pa. Photo taken at CPH.
Portrait of an enlisted WAC, she appears to be outdoors perhaps leaning against a fence.
Cpl. Rosebud Nickell, A-319105, of Upper Darby, Pa., is shown sketching casualty patients at Camp Patrick Henry's Station Hospital. Cpl. Nickell, from the Third WAC Company, is sketching Sgt. Jerald A. Rowan, 15010938, of Buckhannon, West Virgninia, who wears the Bronze Star for rescuing a man from a tank under Artillery and small arms fire. The other men, are, left to right: Tec. 5 Frank L. Ertle, 355709532, of Munice, Indiana; Tec. 5 Robert L. Engstrom, 37088587, of Newcastle, Wyoming; and Cpl. Anthony Muschie, 3298876, of New York City, New York. Cpl. Nickell is from the Third WAC Company at Camp Patrick Henry, where photo was taken.
Soldiers as artists–Virginia–Newport News.; World War, 1939-1945–Casualties–United States.; Plaster casts.; Crutches–Virginia–Newport News.
Shows a scene with Cpl. Nickell standing before an easel, she is sketching a seated man who also has his right arm in a substantial plaster cast. They are joined by three other men.
Pfc Rosebud Nickell, A319105, from the First WAC Company, HRPE, sketches Pvt Clarence DeLucas, 15015453, from Regimental Headquarters, 319th Inf., 80th Div., 3rd Army as he waits for transportation from the Debarkation Hospital at Camp Patrick Henry to a general hospital where he will receive further treatment. Pvt DeLucas was shot through the left leg while in action near Gustoff, Germany on 7 January 1945. He lives in Short Creek, Ohio, and wears the American Theater ribbon as well as the European Theater, Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbons, an the Good Conduct medal. he has seen five years of service, with thirty-five months overseas. he is single and was a coal miner in civilian life. Pfc. Nickell lives in Upper Darby, Pa.
Soldiers as artists–Virginia–Newport News.; World War, 1939-1945–Casualties–United States.; Wheelchairs–Virginia–Newport News.
Shows a young man in a wheel chair with a WAC artist keeping him company. She is creating a portrait of him using pencil.
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Builder’s half hull model, port side, made by George Steers of the schooner Haze. The model is a basic representation of the vessel's molded lines, without constructional details. The model is not mounted on a backing board. The model is varnished and is inscribed in black-outlined letters “HAZE.” The model has a plum stem and a raked hour-glass shaped upper stern (no counter). It has moderate deadrise and little or no tumblehome. The model shows a boat with deep draft aft and a keel that slopes up to the forefoot. It has a long sharp entry and a long run aft. The model is constructed of 15 lifts and one wedge. The bottom lift is approximately 13/16” at the stern (ignoring the part of the repair that sticks out) and tapers to zero about 23” from the stern. Lift 2 is 1/16” and tapers to zero 24-1/2” from the stern. Lifts 3 through 12 are flat and arranged in pairs, each pair consisting of a 7/16" lift, possibly of pine and a 1/16" lift of a darker wood, possibly cedar. The sheer curve is cut into the 13th lift. It is 1/2” amidships, 1-3/4” at the stern, and 1-1/2” at the stem. Lift 14 is flat and a uniform 1/16” and curves with the sheer. Lift 15 is 5/8” amidship, widens to 7/8” as it approaches the bow and then tapers to 5/16” at the bow, the left tapers from amidships to 5/32” at the stern. There is a small ½” wedge at the bow that tapers to zero after 5-1/2”. The wedge and lift 15 form the top covering for the model. The dimensions of the model are 37-3/8” (length overall); 4-5/8” (main breadth), 4-3/8” (half breadth), leaving a tumblehome of just 1/4”. Height overall is 5-1/4” (at the stern). The minimum half-breadth of the model is 1/16" along the edge of the stem and 1/8” at the stern. On the back of the model there are thirty-four penciled station lines, the first about 5/8" from the sternpost (or 3-1/4" from extreme stern, there is a penciled line running from the top of the stern post to the top of the top of the model) and others at 1" intervals. There is a double line 15-1/2" from sternpost that appears to be the deadflat; it is perpendicular to the lifts. There are eleven station lines visible on the front of the model that range from 3” to 3-1/2” apart. How the lifts are held together is not readily apparent. There are a few variously sized holes whose purpose is not apparent on the top and back of the model. At the stern, the end of the bottom lift has been replaced for 6-5/8”. The varnish is stable with no craquelure. The varnish has been damaged by water running through the H in the name and all the way to the keel. There are minor scattered scratches on the front and there are a few minor knicks and losses at the extreme end of the upper stern. NOTES: The collection of half models MR 5 through MR 24 are of vessels built by shipbuilders Henry (father), James Rich and George (sons), and Henry Steers (son of James Rich), builders of the famous yacht America. The models document vessels built between 1805 and approximately 1876. They encompass all types of vessels from a catboat up to large steam sloop built for the US Navy. In a February 13, 1963 letter Howard I. Chapelle, Curator of the Division of Transportation at the Smithsonian stated “The Steers Collection is important technically and it is something we envy the Mariners’ Museum’s possession.” ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: See Yachts and Yachting with over One Hundred and Ten Illustrations, by Fred S. Cozzens and Others, 1887, image page 56, references on pages 24, 26 and 29. VESSEL NAME: HAZE VESSEL TYPE: Schooner yacht DESIGNER: George Steers SHIP BUILDER: George Steers and William Hawthorne BUILD DATE: 1853 BUILDER LOCATION: North Fourth Street yard in Williamsburg, New York SERVICE: 1853-1908 DIMENSIONS: Length on deck: 81’, Length on waterline: 74’, Breadth of beam: 19’6”, Depth of hold: 8’2”, Length of fore mast: 69’, Length of main mast: 71’, Length of main boom: 49’, Length of bowsprit (outboard): 15’, Length of flying jib boom (outboard): 16’, Length of flying topmasts: 31’, Length of flying fore gaff: 22’, Length of flying main gaff: 23’, Spread of canvas: 5267 square feet., Tons: 87.23 SHIP OWNERS: Between 1853 and 1865 Haze was owned by W. Butler Duncan, Moses H. Grinnell, W. H. McVicker and then again by Duncan. Duncan sold her to J. Van Schatck and John E. Devlin. She was then moved between several pilot organizations, fishing and shipping companies (see detailed history below). VESSEL HISTORY: The schooner Haze was built William H. Duncan by George Steers in 1853. Between 1853 and April 1867 the boat is owned by several members of the New York Yacht Club. In September of 1867 Haze may be in Boston being used as a pilot schooner. Sometime between 1867 and 1869 she was sold to the pilots working out of Pilottown in Louisiana. In 1881 the boat was sold to pilots at Pensacola. She is listed for sale in 1896 but wasn’t sold until September 22, 1897 and becomes a fishing schooner. In 1905 Haze was purchased to be used by the opposition pilots in Biloxi but within a few months she had been purchased by the Star Fish and Oyster Company to be used as a fishing boat. By 1907 the schooner is being used to transport cargo to and from Key West. She sprung a leak and sank on May 4, 1908 carrying a cargo of fruit from Bonacca (Honduras) to Key West. • New York Daily Herald, May 22, 1854: The following yachts were entered into the Annual Regatta of NYYC: Cornelia, owned by Vice Commodore Edgar, 90 tons; Haze, W. H. Duncan, 110 tons [NYYC History to 1973 by Parkinson reports Haze at 80 tons]; Sybil, E. C. Center, 40 tons. • New York Daily Herald, June 2, 1854: Haze participated in the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta on June 1st. She is listed at 80 tons and owned by W. B. Duncan. • New York Times, August 11, 1854: August 10th race for $500 cup Haze came in third. Owned by Duncan. • Richmond Dispatch, June 5, 1855: The famous yacht Haze, owned by William B. Duncan, Est. of this city, has been sold to Moses H. Grinnell, Esq. for the sum of $7,000, which is said to be less than one half of her original cost. • The Waterford News (Waterford, Ireland): June 29, 1855: The Haze participated in the June 8 NYYC regatta. Haze came in third behind Julia and Una. • The New York Tribune, August 4, 1855 indicated that Haze participated in the New York Yacht Club’s Glen Cove Regatta. The paper indicated Haze was owned by Moses H. Grinnell. [There’s an extensive description of the race in the newspaper.] • New York Tribune, June 6, 1856: Haze participated in the annual regatta on June 5, she came in second behind Julia in the first class schooners. [There’s an extensive description of the race in the newspaper.] • The History of the New York Yacht Club through 1973 by John Parkinson indicates Haze participated in the Club’s Annual Cruise. There was a race between thirteen yachts held on August 8th 1856 in Buzzard’s Bay. The triangular course ran from Butlers Flats, around stake boats anchored off Quicks Hole and halfway between Sow and Pigs Reef and the Old Cock Ledge and back to Butlers Flats. The yacht Haze, M. H. Grinnell, is recorded as “in splendid order, clean as a lady’s boudoir, and her crew in uniform.” • Haze participated in the June 4, 1857 NYYC Annual Regatta. • The Times Picayune (New Orleans), June 19, 1857: We are informed that the yachts Una and Haze have agreed to sail a match for $500, on Wednesday next, over the same route as that followed by the Club squadron last week. The Haze is a schooner and the Una is a sloop. • Buffalo Daily Republic, August 13, 1857: In an article titled “Yachts belonging to the New York Yacht Club, Haze is listed among the yachts headed for the New Bedford Regatta. Haze took a second place. The same article indicates Haze is owned by Moses H. Grinnell. The History of the New York Yacht Club through 1973 by John Parkinson indicates that Haze won in the First Class. • Louisville Daily Courier (Louisville, Kentucky), April 26, 1858: Mr. M. H. Grinnell being about to make a tour in Europe with his family, has sold his famous schooner yacht “Haze” to Mr. W. H. McVicker, of the New York Yacht Club. In proof of the staunchness, speed and good sea-going qualities of the Haze, it may be mentioned that an association of pilots offered for her the price at which she was sold, namely $8,000. • The History of the New York Yacht Club through 1973 by John Parkinson indicates that in the June 3, 1858 regatta “a subscription cup of $50 by each schooner owner in the First Class was won by Haze, W. H. McVicker, being a stake of $250. Designed in 1853 by George Steers, 87 tons, 78 feet overall, she was owned in turn by Club members. W. Butler Duncan, Moses H. Grinnell, W. H. McVicker and Duncan again, from 1853 to 1865. • Haze participated in the race around Long Island (the first ocean race sailed in America) on June 24, 1858. Haze is listed as being owned by W. W. McVicker at the time and her tonnage is listed at 87.23. [See page 37 in The History of the New York Yacht Club to 1973 by John Parkinson for details.] • New York Times, August 11, 1858: Haze participated in the annual cruise to and racing at Newport. • Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 8, 1860: Participated in the NYYC regatta: The best time was made by the schooner Haze, which arrived at the stake boat at 4 o’clock 36 minutes and 31 seconds. She was a second class schooner. • New York Daily Herald, August 21, 1860: Participated in the NYYC annual cruise on August 18, 1860. The New York Daily Herald of August 1, 1860 lists W. B. Duncan as the owner. • New York Times, June 7, 1862: Haze was supposed to participate in the Annual Regatta but “had taken a party to Yorktown, and could not return in time. Her absence is much regretted.” • March 31, 1865 New York Daily Herald lists owner of Haze as J. Van Schatck and John E. Devlin and lists tonnage as 91.1. • New York Daily Herald, June 9, 1865: Haze participated in the 16th Annual Regatta. • April 22, 1866 New York Daily Herald still lists these men as the owners. • New York Daily Herald, May 27, 1866: In an article describing vessels of the New York Yacht Club: Haze. The Haze, owned by J. Van Schaick and J. Devlin, is well and favorably known in yachting circles. She is of one hundred and five tons burden, and is a keel boat, drawing ten feet of water. She is very prettily modeled, and is calculated to stand rough weather well. The Haze belongs to the small class of yachts, of which now there are so few constructed. She was built by the celebrated George Steers, whose reputation in connection with the yacht America and other boats is so widely known, for Mr. Duncan, of New York, and sold by him to Moses H. Grinnell, out of whose hands she passed into those of her present owners. Her saloon is fitted up in the neatest manner, several minor improvements having been made during her stay here, and having been painted throughout, her appearance is all that can be desired. • New York Daily Herald, June 15, 1866: Haze participated in the Annual Regatta of the New York Yacht Club. Haze won the prize reserved for the schooners. • New York Daily Herald, August 12, 1866: Haze participated in the Annual Cruise to Newport. • The New York Daily Herald of April 11, 1867 lists Haze’s owner as J. E. Devlin. • Evening Telegraph, September 25, 1867: Marine Disasters. Boston, Sept. 25—As the steamer China as proceeding to sea this forenoon, when outside of the Boston Light she ran into the pilot boat Haze carrying away the latter’s foremast, but doing no other serious injury. • August 19, 1869 at Southwest Pass Bar • St.Landry Democrat (Opelousas, Louisiana), October 2, 1869: The steamship Trade Wind sunk after springing several leaks. There was a pilot from Honduras on board at the time. When they discovered they could not keep the boat afloat the crew abandoned the ship in several small boats. The third mate’s boat contained three men and the Honduras pilot. The third mate’s boat arrived at Southwest Pass and were picked up at the bar, and all kindly cared for by the pilots of the pilot boat Haze. • Vicksburg Daily Times, September 9, 1870: The cook of the pilot boat Haze was drowned a few miles off the bar yesterday morning, by being swept overboard by a heavy sea. • Times Picayune, Nov 6, 1870—ship letters at the carriers window in New Orleans • Times-Democrat (New Orleans), November 30, 1873: met steamer J. W. Allison off Southwest Pass • Times Picayune (New Orleans), November 4, 1874: Marine notice, found in the gulf by the pilot boat Haze No. 8, and towed into Southwest Pass, the brig Uncle Sam loaded with lumber. • St. Louis Post Dispatch, January 17, 1876: The pilot boat Haze picked up 2 bales of cotton found floating in the gulf (other boats were picking up cotton as well) • Times Picayune (New Orleans), September 22, 1878: Pilot Boat Haze No. 8—John McLaughlin, Thomas Wilson, John F. Gusdorf and Thomas Craig are the pilots. • Times Picayune (New Orleans), July 22, 1879: Discussion of pilot boat Haze meeting up with pilot boat Martha for trip up to Pilot Town. • Times Picayune (New Orleans), March 23, 1881: Pilot boat Haze sailed for Pensacola • Times Picayune (New Orleans), August 6, 1881: Storm at Pensacola, Aug.5 The storm is still raging at Pensacola. The pilot boat Haze was saved by the steam tug Stella, but lost her anchors. • Pensacola Commercial, June 27, 1882: The pilot boat Haze, Capt. Ferguson commanding, is now occupying a berth at Wittich’s Wharf, where she is having fitted a pair of white pine spars lately received from New York. • American Lloyd’s Register of American and Foreign Shipping, 1883: 56 tons, built 1853 in New York, belongs to port Pensacola, owned by Alex. Ferguson, 74’x19’2”x7’, surveyed in Pensacola in 1882, rebuilt 1876 • Pensacolian, February 24, 1884: At Warrington, last Thursday the pilot boat Haze was pressed into service for the funeral of Mr. William Diffin: The crowd, before starting, had become enlarged to such an extent as necessitated the request that the pilot boat Haze be pressed into service, which, upon instant acquiescence by Capt. Alex Ferguson was done. The Haze, with a portion of the steam tugs living freight on board, was then taken in tow and the party arrived at its destination on time. • Pensacolian, February 24, 1884: The pilot boat Haze went to Blackwater, last Friday, to be docked. • Times Picayune (New Orleans), February 27, 1885: The pilot boat Haze helped bring the disabled schooner M.V.B. Chase into Pensacola. • Pensacola Commercial, March 19, 1887: the article discusses the possibility of a race between the pilot boat Haze and the clipper fishing smack Georgia Willard. Haze’s captain is listed as William Bazzell. • Pensacola Commercial, April 6, 1887: The pilot boat Haze carried away her main rigging at the masthead, day before yesterday, outside. She lies at the Baylen Street wharf, where her rigging will be repaired and set up. • Pensacola News, March 8, 1889: The pilot boat Haze was just ahead of the steamer Stella, off Pensacola bar, yesterday. The latter was towing in a bark; the Haze was put about, and the Stella’s master thinking the schooner would be clear, steered a straight course; the Haze failed to reach, and the steamer ran into her, breaking a couple of planks on the quarter. The damage was considerable. • Pensacola Commercial, March 9, 1889: Lists William Bazzell as captain of the pilot boat Haze. • Pensacola News, August 27, 1889: The pilot yacht Haze has gone to Bagdad to be docked. The Moses Grinnell will supply her place on the bar during her absence. • Pensacola News, October 8, 1889: The steamer Nellie with a party of fishermen on board spoke the pilot yacht Haze, Capt. J. E. O’Brien in command. • Pensacola News, November 15, 1889: The Annual Hunt of the Haze. The pilot yacht Haze, Capt. William Bazzell commanding, returned yesterday morning from her annual marooning cruise to St. Joseph’s Bay, having been out a little more than a week. The trip was delayed by a storm just before reaching St. Joseph’s but once ashore they got six deer, two wild geese, one turkey and innumerable ducks, squirrels and partridges. The boat’s cook served them up. • The Pensacola News, February 14, 1890: Bar Pilots’ Benevolent Association, Being directly connected with the commercial life of the city, this is one of the most important organizations of Pensacola. The association was organized in the month of August 1866, and its membership embraces every licensed bar pilot in this port. It is a joint stock association, each member sharing alike in the pilotage fees received. The life of a pilot is one of hardship and danger. The pilots’ of Pensacola, and detailed for duty in watches, each watch being composed of eight men, in charge of a captain. Two watches, or sixteen men, are on constant duty in the gulf, outside the bar, and are relieved once each week. They have two pilot boats, the Haze and Moses Grinnell, of 55 and 45 tonnage respectively, and it is claimed that these two boats are the staunchest, best equipped and most seaworthy of any pilot boats, which ply southern waters. Each boat carries eight pilots, and an additional crew of five men to work her. One boat cruises from 15 to 25 off shore, and the other just outside the bar. These boats never leave their stations in the gulf, except to come into port for supplies or repairs. The laws of Florida make it the duty of the pilots on watch to offer their services to every incoming vessel, and the pilotage fees must be paid, even though the vessel may refuse the services of a pilot. In addition to the outside watches, there are eight men on duty at the Pilots’ office, on Palafox wharf. They sleep there, and are on duty day and night, for the purpose of serving any outgoing vessel. The officers of the association are as follows: William Bazzell, President’ Capt. A. D. Ferguson, Commodore and General Supervisor; S. L. Clifford, Ass’t. Vice Commodore. There are four captains of watches appointed every three months. The following is a list of those serving as captains at present: William Bazzell, James Rowe, William Bell and J. E. O’Brien. There are 35 bar pilots belonging to the association, and their names are as follows: J. E. O’Brien, Lars Anderson, Charles Perry, Thomas Stearns, Chas. B. Langford, John Davenport, William Bazzell, T. S. Caro, Frank Smith, John Davidson, William J. Oldmixon, A. M. Nobles, Robert Simpson, George Nuniss, George Grinnell, John H. Caro, H. L. White, William J. Bell, Simon Jones, Joe Seeley, James Bazzell, Jefferson Cohron, James M. Langley, James Bone, James Stearns, Armstrong H. Baker, George W. Caro, Benito Caro, Edward Oldmixon, Albert Touart, J. O. Seeley, George Ainsworth, Frank Walters, James Scholls, and Frank Dunn. The rates of pilotage at Pensacola were established by an act of the legislature, passed in 1872, and a comparison shows them to be much less than at Savannah and Brunswick, and somewhat less than at Mobile and New Orleans. The following are the established rates: For a vessel drawing from 4 feet to 5-1/2 feet inclusive, $2.00 per foot; from 6 feet to 9-1/2 feet inclusive, $3.00 per foot; from 10 feet to 13-1/2” feet inclusive, $4.00 per foot; from 14 feet to 19-1/2 feet inclusive, $5.00 per foot; from 20 feet to 23 feet inclusive, $6.00 per foot. • Pensacola News, March 21, 1890: the Pilot boat Haze helped ferry delegates and visitors of the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment from Palafox wharf to the Navy yard, and Forts Barraucas and Pickens and back. • The Pensacola News, May 11, 1890: The pilot boat Haze returned last Friday from the Bagdad drydocks where she has been overhauled and repainted. • Pensacola News, May 7, 1890: reports some sort of kerfuffle between the pilots of the Moses H. Grinnell and Haze that had to be dealt with by the pilot commissioners. • Pensacola News, February 17, 1891: The Haze took a group of men from the Chicago Sporting Review on an excursion to the Gulf of Mexico. • The Pensacola News, April 16, 1892: The sheriff carried out an execution issued by the Circuit Court of Escambia county to sell a 1/40th interest in the pilot boats Haze and Moses Grinnell. • Pensacola News, January 8, 1893: A thing of beauty. The pilot boat Haze has just been brought down from the ship yard at Bagdad, where she was thoroughly overhauled and repainted. As she lay alongside Palafox wharf yesterday she presented a beautiful appearance and attracted a large number of visitors. The bar pilots are justly proud of their beautiful boat. • Pensacola News, February 24, 1893: The pilot boat Haze which was damaged in a collision with the tug W.M. Flanders a few days since, is being repaired alongside Baylen Street wharf, and will soon be ready for service. • Pensacola News, May 17, 1893: A Monster Devil Fish. Large crowds were attracted to Palafox wharf yesterday afternoon to see an immense devil fish which had been towed up from the gulf by the tug Stella and landed on the wharf. The big fish was captured yesterday by pilot George Ainsworth, of the pilot boat Haze. A party consisting of Dr. W. F. Fordam, Capt. John Morissey, H. A. Dorr and Mr. Johnson, the latter of New York, were on the pilot boat for the purpose of fishing. The boat was lying to on the middle ground when a school of devil fish was sighted. Several rifle shots were fired at them, when Pilot Ainsworth suggested that he would capture one with a harpoon. Getting into the Haze’s dingy with a boy to row, he succeeded in getting near enough to one of the largest of the fish to hurl a harpoon deep into him. The wounded monster immediately started for the deep waters of the gulf dragging the boat after him like a leaf on the water. When the captain of the Haze saw this, he immediately started in pursuit with the pilot boat and when the dingy was reached pilot Ainsworth and the boy were taken on board. The great fish still exerted himself and dragged the pilot boat along in his wake. It required about thirty shots from Capt. Morissey’s Winchester rifle and second harpoon by pilot Ainsworth to kill him. The party returned to the city on the tug Stella, with the monster in tow, and all of them were proud of their success in fishing. • Pensacola News, November 17, 1893: The pilot boat Haze has been lying alongside Palafox wharf receiving a fresh coat of paint and having her cabin burnished up. She was hauled out in the stream yesterday afternoon and by the latter part of the week will be ready for duty. The Haze is one of the staunchest and handsomest boats in our southern waters. • Pensacola News, May 19, 1894: The paper mentions Charles Perry is captain of the pilot boat Haze. • Pensacola News, August 15, 1894: Mentions the pilot boat Haze lying at anchorage. • Pensacola News, October 15, 1894: The Haze carried the captain and crew of the 900 ton Spanish bark Barcelona into Pensacola. The bark had been through a terrible hurricane. • Pensacola News, March 1, 1895: The pilot boat Haze was lying alongside Palafox wharf. If the weather holds it will take Judge Rea and a party of friends fishing on the snapper banks. • Pensacola News, July 12, 1895: Messrs A. J. Rose and C. McKenzie Oerting returned last night from a fishing cruise of three days on the gulf with several of the bar pilots on the pilot boat Haze. • The Pensacola News, June 5, 1896: Pilot boats for sale. The clipper pilot boats Haze and Moses H. Grinnell, for sale at a sacrifice. Reason for sale, association has a steam pilot boat. Pensacola Pilots’ Association, Pensacola, Florida. (The advertisement also appeared in the Galveston Daily News) [advertisements appear from April 10-July 15, 1896] • Pensacola News, September 16, 1896: Good Joke on the Pilots. The pilot boat Haze was at anchor, in the lower harbor, this morning. The water was smooth, and the bottom, at five fathoms, was plainly discernible. One of the men, looking over the side, discovered an anchor directly beneath the boat. Elated with the find, the entire company went about capturing the prize. The latter was securely fished, the clew jigger of the forestaysail was hooked on, and the mud-hook was safely hauled on board. It was then found that the Haze had captured her own anchor. It was slack water, and she had floated over the spot to which she was moored. The present watch is said to comprise the soberest men in the association, but people will talk, and Capt. Ben Stearns says that some people are a blamed sight worse than those who talk about ‘em. • Pensacola News, September 22, 1897: The pilot boat Haze has been sold to Pasquel Maribella and Mrs. Kate Boghis(?) for $1,000. And has been licensed to engage in the fishing busines. The Haze was built in 1853 and was for a number of years a New York yacht. She is a trim craft and the price at which sold is consider by water front men as very cheap. • Pensacola News, January 12, 1905: Comes to buy Haze, Pilot from Biloxi in Pensacola today to purchase. Pilot Castinero was in the city for the purpose of purchasing the fishing schooner Haze. He take her back to Biloxi and return her to the pilot service. January 19th it was reported the sale price was $1200. • Pensacola News Journal, January 20, 1905: Schooner Haze Sails for Biloxi, Left yesterday afternoon and will be used as a pilot boat., The schooner Haze, which has been in the fishing trade for the past ten or twelve years, sailed yesterday for Biloxi, where she will in future be used as a pilot boat. The vessel has been purchased by some of the pilots of Biloxi, who will use her in running opposition pilotage, as was done in Pensacola a year or more ago. Some necessary repairs will be made upon the vessel, but this will not interfere with the work of the vessel and will be done at such times as the schooner is idle. Some additions to sails and spars were made before the departure of the schooner from Pensacola, in order that she might be in readiness to go into business immediately upon reaching Biloxi. The pilots at that place have become dissatisfied, and several of them have withdrawn from the association, and decided upon purchasing a vessel and entering into opposition to the old association. One of the members was sent here to buy a fast sailing craft, and after looking over the various schooners for sale, decided upon Haze. Bunks and other necessary fixtures for the comfort of the pilots will be arranged within the next few days, or after her arrival at Biloxi. • Pensacola News, April 17, 1905: The “Haze” at Mobile. The schooner “Haze” formerly owned by Pensacola parties, arrived at Mobile Friday noon from Biloxi. The “Haze” will enter the fishing business at Mobile, having just been purchased by the Star Fish and Oyster Company. • Tampa Tribune, May 5, 1907: Frank Bethel, ship builder, is putting a cabin front on the schooner Haze. • Tampa Tribune, August 9, 1907: Schooner Haze is taking aboard a load of freight at Lucas Bros.’ dock for Key West. The launch Rosebud towed the schooner out of port on August 14th. The schooner was loaded with lumber. • Tampa Tribune, September 12, 1907: The schooner Haze loaded with lumber from the Southern Lumber & Supply Co., was towed out yesterday by the W. W. Phipps. She is bound for Key West. • Miami Morning News Record, February 20, 1908: The schooner Haze brought the sails and rigging of the wrecked schooner Mollie Look to Miami. • The Miami News, May 26, 1908. Schooner Haze is Lost at Sea, Narrow Escape of Crew, Vessel was Well Known in this Port, and was Loaded with Cargo of Fruit at Time of the Disaster—Details of Loss. The schooner Haze, well known in this port, has been wrecked in the Caribbean Sea and the captain, his wife and crew, had a narrow escape from drowning. The Key West correspondent of the Times Union, furnishes the following account of the disaster: “The schooner Serena arrived from Bonacco Monday with a load of fruit for this market. The captain reports that on the 4th inst., at midnight the schooner Haze, Captain Whitmore, when about 60 miles from Bonacco, in the Caribbean Sea, sank and is a total loss. The Haze was owned by Rodriguez & Roberts of this city and was purchased from Peter T. Knight some three weeks ago. Captain Elkin Whitmore sailed from Bonacco about two weeks ago with his wife, six of the crew and a boy aboard and a large cargo of bananas and plantains. Twelve hours out from port the schooner sprung a leak and water gained so fast on the pumps that her crew hastily abandoned her in a small boat, with little provisions or water. Shortly after the vessel went to the bottom. The small boat drifted until next day at 4 o’clock when she was picked up by the schooner Serena (or Sarena) and the survivors brought into this port. The Haze had a net tonnage of 53, was 71.1 feet in length, 19.3 feet breadth.
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