William H

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Type: Bugeye

Year: 1885

Builder: Joseph H. Johnson

Location: Cambridge

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Fetch?	Row ID	Media	Date	Vessel	Place	Related Places	Inscription/Marks	Subject	Notes	Archive Number
	1								NOTES: Although the caption calls this vessel the E.F. WILLIAMS, the name painted on the pennant is WILLIAM H. ASPINWALL and the number on the sail is "21". The name "E.F. Williams" is clearly visible underneath. The sail number of the E.F. Williams is 14. The William H. Aspinwall was a pilot boat operating in and about the port of New York by way of Sandy Hook. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: WILLIAM H. ASPINWALL VESSEL TYPE: AMERICAN PILOT SCHOONER BUILDER LOCATION: GREENPOINT, NEW YORK SHIP OWNERS: N.Y. PILOTS [Isaac Gainor, Brewer, Shooks, Balfe, John M. Dale, Callahan (purchased one-fifth ownership on August 15, 1873 after Isaac Gainor died)] VESSEL BUILT: 1861 VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 76 x 20.6 x 7.3 VESSEL NAME: E.F. WILLIAMS SHIP BUILDER: E.F. WILLIAMS VESSEL TYPE: NEW YORK PILOT BOAT VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 77' length x 20.5 bread of beam x 8' depth of hold, 110 tonnage FATE: [From: Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-saving Service] April 20, 1880.—At 4 a. m.the schooner William H. Aspinwall, of New York (pilot boat No. 21), with a crew of six men out cruising for vessels to pilot into New York Harbor, was caught in a thick fog and came on shore one mile west of Fire Island Light, all sails standing. Ten minutes later she was discovered by the patrolman of Station No. 25, Third District, Long Island, who burned his Coston signal and went at once to the station for help. The vessel was on the outer bar, and as the sea was high, the keeper had the mortar-cart taken to the beach opposite her, but on reaching there found that she had pounded over the bar and come in close to the beach. As ber crew were unable to get her sails down, they had cut away her spars, and these had formed a breakwater which enabled them to launch their own boat between the masts, and they landed just as the life-saving crew reached the spot. The whole crew were taken to the station to breakfast, and afterwards the keeper procured a horse and cart and conveyed the station-boat to the wreck in order to save the effects of the men and as much as possible of the belongings of the vessel. After clearing the decks of everything of value, the keeper went below in a Merriman life-saving suit and worked several hours getting out whatever was worth saving. Three trips were made in the boat; the small stuff was taken to the station, and a watch was set over that which was too cumbersome to be transported, until the owner's arrival. The pilot crew were housed and sustained at the station four days. The vessel was a total loss.	CL7816