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|Ship caption=New York pilot boat Washington, No. 22, painting by [[Conrad Freitag]].
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|Ship owner= New York Pilots
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|Ship name= ''Washington''
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*November 20, 1884 (2nd Washington)
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*[[C. & R. Poillon]]'s shipyard (2nd Washington)
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*[[Michael Murphy (pilot)|Michael Murphy]]
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*$8,000 (1st Washington)
*$18,000 (2nd Washington)
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*1845 (1st Washington)
*November 20, 1884 (2nd Washington)
|Ship out of service= On August 2, 1884 (1st Washington)
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The '''''Washington''''' was a 19th-century [[Sandy Hook Pilots|Sandy Hook]] [[pilot boat]] built in 1845 by [[C. & R. Poillon]] for [[New York City|New York]] Pilots. She was rebuilt several times, the last with the sail number "22" painted on her [[mainsail]]. In 1884, she was sunk by the German steamship ''Roma,'' and then replaced by a new ''Washington''.

==First ''Washington'' pilot boat ==
===Construction and service ===

The pilot-boat ''Washington,'' according to ship registrations, was first built in 1845.<ref name="Mystic"/> She was rebuilt several times and had different sail numbers. In some cases, no sail number was provided and she was recognized only as ''pilot boat Washington''.

===Sail number "2" (1840–1854)===

The sail number "2" was painted as a large number on the mainsail. Based on this number, the ''Washington No. 2,'' can be found in several prominent newspapers from 1840 to 1854.

In 1840, the pilot-boat ''Washington,'' No. 2, was listed in the ''New York Daily Herald,'' as one of eight New York pilot boats afloat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/466525096/?terms=%22boat%20Jacob%20Bell%22&match=1 |title=A New Pilot Schooner.|work=The New York City Herald|place=New York New York|date=22 Jan 1840|page=2|access-date=2021-01-09}}</ref>

On 14 December 1840, James Burger, of the pilot boat ''Washington,'' along with other pilots from the port of New York, stated that they had never been employed by J. D. Stevenson and no compensation has been offered or demanded.<ref name="Compensation">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/466540305/?terms=%22pilot%20boat%20Virginia%22&match=1|title=To the Public. |work=New York Daily Herald|place= New York, New York|date=16 Dec 1840|page=2}}</ref>

On August 8, 1846, the pilot-boat ''Washington'' was in collision with the US steamer ''Colonel Harney.'' Thomas Gregory and others were paid $600 for injuries sustained by the pilot-boat and steamship.<ref>{{cite book|first=Ashbury|last= Dickens |date=1852|publisher=Little, Brown|url=https://archive.org/details/asynopticalinde00statgoog/page/n738/mode/2up?q=%22pilot+boat+Washington%22 |title=A Synoptical Index to the Laws and Treaties of the United States of America: From March 4, 1789|page=739}}</ref>

On February 15, 1848, pilot-boat ''Washington,'' off [[Egg Harbor City, New Jersey]] passed a [[brig]] that was [[Capsizing|capsized]]. The wreck was also seen by the pilot-boat [[Jacob Bell (pilot boat)|Jacob Bell]], the next day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/371770026/?terms=%22pilot%20boat%20Washington%22&match=1|title=Miscellaneous Record.|work=New York Daily Herald|place= New York, New York |date=15 Feb 1848|page=4|access-date=2021-01-18}}</ref>

On May 22, 1850, [[Henry Grinnell]] was on the pilot-boat ''Washington'' with Pilot Murphy to accompany the [[Henry Grinnell#Arctic exploration|Arctic Expedition]] in search for [[John Franklin]]. He was on the boat for three days and parted the expedition 40 miles south of [[Montauk, New York|Montauk Point]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201850%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201850%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200197.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff9da3adb2%26DocId%3D711573%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520I%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D8b9%2B8ba%2B8bb%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201850%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201850%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200197.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffff9da3adb2%26DocId%3D711573%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520I%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D8b9%2B8ba%2B8bb%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false|title=The Arctic Expedition at Sea. Lt. DeHnven's Instructions.|work=New York Daily Tribune|place=New York, New York|date=28 May 1850|access-date=2020-11-26}}</ref>

On December 21, 1852, New York pilot-boat ''Washington No. 2'', was lost in a gale near Squam Inlet. Three of her crew drowned in a yawl trying to escape the storm. Charles Johnston, Michael Burke, and Charles Hutchins.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25207%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201852%2520Nov-Dec%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201852%2520Nov-Dec%2520-%25200353.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D5d6ec6d7%26DocId%3D743562%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520F%26HitCount%3D6%26hits%3D1338%2B1339%2B133a%2B13e2%2B13e3%2B13e4%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25207%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201852%2520Nov-Dec%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Times%25201852%2520Nov-Dec%2520-%25200353.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D5d6ec6d7%26DocId%3D743562%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520F%26HitCount%3D6%26hits%3D1338%2B1339%2B133a%2B13e2%2B13e3%2B13e4%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |title=The Gale On Saturday=Loss Of The Pilot Boat Washington|work=The New York Daily Tribune|place=New York, New York|date=21 Dec 1852|page=6|access-date=2020-11-26}}</ref>

In the book, "From Sandy Hook to 62", [[Charles Edward Russell]], describes the loss of the pilot-boat ''Washington No. 2,'' in January 1857 with the death on a pilot and six sailors.<ref name="Russell">{{cite book|last=Russell|first=Charles Edward|date=1929|title=From Sandy Hook to 62°|location=New York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TAxgwgEACAAJ&q=Washington|publisher=Century Co.|page=113|oclc=3804485}}</ref><ref name="Lore"/>{{rp|p12}} Other reports said that the pilot-boat Washington, No. 2 left New York harbor on January 13, 1857, and had not been heard from since January 17. The ''Empire City'' ran into her and sank her.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/371770026/?terms=%22pilot%20boat%20Washington%22&match=1|title=Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.|work=The Baltimore Sun|place= Baltimore, Maryland |date=18 Feb 1857|page=4|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

===Sail number "4" (1854–1860)===

The sail number "4" was painted as a large number on the mainsail. Based on this sail number, reports of the ''Washington No. 4,'' appeared in the New York newspapers from 1854 to 1860.

On June 17, 1854, the owners of the pilot-boat ''Washington,'' No. 4, sued to recover damages occurred by a collision with the ferry boat ''Transit''. She soon after sank. The incident occurred in December 1851. The Court held that both parties were at fault and the damages divided between them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Morning%2520Courier%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Morning%2520Courier%25201854%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Morning%2520Courier%25201854%2520-%25200538.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D678e4430%26DocId%3D3268542%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520E%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D1f82%2B1f83%2B1f84%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252018%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Morning%2520Courier%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Morning%2520Courier%25201854%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Morning%2520Courier%25201854%2520-%25200538.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D678e4430%26DocId%3D3268542%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520E%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D1f82%2B1f83%2B1f84%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |title=Legal Intelligence.|work=Morning Courier And New York Enquirer|place=New York, New York|date=17 Jun 1854|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

On February 23, 1855, James W. Avery put an ad in the ''New York Daily Herald'' saying the pilot boat Washington of New York was for sale. Built of live oak, locust, and cedar, by Brown & Bell, New York. Apply to John W. Avery, 309 Water Street.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82919848/pilot-boat-wahington/ |title=For Sale-The Fine Fast Sailing Pilot Boat.|work=New York Daily Herald|place=New York, New York|date=23 Feb 1855|page=7|access-date=2021-08-06}}</ref>

On January 14, 1856, pilot-boat ''Washington'', No. 4, was on a cruise for ten days. When she was thirty-six miles from Sandy Hook, Thomas J. Murphy, James Quinn, and Peter Murphy were swept by the sea over the [[bowsprit]] to the [[Companionway]]. All survived the incident.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/95897325 |title=Washed Overboard.|work=New York Daily Times|place=New York, New York|date=4 Jan 1856|access-date=2020-11-27|id={{ProQuest|95897325}} }}</ref>

On June 6, 1859, the pilot-boat ''Washington,'' No. 4 found a hot-air balloon belonging to Joshua Pressy off [[Squan Beach]]. It was 32 feet in diameter and valued at $400.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201859%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201859%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200244.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffaa4a2767%26DocId%3D733515%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520I%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D2db6%2B2db7%2B2db8%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201859%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201859%2520May%2520-%2520Aug%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200244.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffaa4a2767%26DocId%3D733515%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520I%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3D2db6%2B2db7%2B2db8%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |title=That Lost Balloon.|work=New York Daily Tribune|place=New York, New York|date=4 Jan 1859|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

In 1860, the ''Washington,'' No. 4, was one of only twenty-one pilot boats in the New York in the fleet.<ref name="Russell"/>{{rp|p159}} On October 10, 1860, New York Sandy Hook Pilot [[Michael Murphy (pilot)|Michael Murphy]], of the pilot boat ''Washington,'' No. 4, signed a statement along with other pilots, that they were satisfied with the representation of the [[New York Board of Commissioners of Pilots]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68765917/board-of-commissioners/|work=New York Daily Herald |place=New York, New York|title= The New York Pilots. To The Editor Of The Herald.|date=10 Oct 1860|page=2|access-date=2021-01-28}}</ref>

===Sail number "22" (1876–1891)===

The sail number "22" was prominently displayed in black on her mainsail. Based on this sail number, reports of the ''Washington No. 22'' appeared in the New York newspapers from 1876 to 1890. She was registered with the ''Record of American and Foreign Shipping'' from 1876 to 1886 as ''Washington.'' Her master was Captain Thomas Murray, her owners were a company of New York Pilots. Her hailing port was New York. She was 45-tons, 64.6 feet in length, 17.3 feet [[Beam (nautical)|breadth]] and 8 feet in Depth.<ref name="Mystic">{{cite web |url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l0179721876/974/ |title=Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1876|work=Mystic Seaport Museum|place=New York|access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref>

===End of service===

On August 2, 1884, the German steamship ''Roma'', ran down the pilot-boat ''Washington, No. 22''. The boat was owned by Sandy Hook pilots: Daniel Gillespiek, Frederick Harpenau, Michael Murphy, Edward Young, Christopher Huns, and Captain Thomas Murray. She was valued at $8,000 but was only insured for three-tenths of her value.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/207140100/?terms=%22boat%20Washington%22&match=1 |title=Sinking of One Pilot Boat and Serious Damage to Another|work=The Sun|place=New York, New York |date=2 Aug 1884|page=1|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref>

==Second ''Washington'' pilot boat (1884–1891) ==

On November 20, 1884, the new pilot boat-pilot ''Washington, No. 22'', was launched to take the place of the ''Washington,'' that was run down by the steamship ''Roma''.

She was launched at the [[C. & R. Poillon]]'s shipyard, near the foot of Bridge Street, in Brooklyn. Secretary Nash was at the launch represented the New York Pilot Board. Mrs. Christian Huns christened the boat. She was 160 tons, length 95 feet, breadth of beam, 22 feet; and depth of hold, 9 1/2 feet. The cost of was $18,000. Pilots Daniel Gillespiek, Edward Young, Christopher Huns, Frederick Harpenau, and Charles Peterson were the owners of the ''Washington''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/20349596/?terms=%22pilot%20boat%20Washington%22&match=1|title=A New Pilot Boat Launched.|work=The New York Times|place=New York, New York|date=21 Nov 1884|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref>

On January 31, 1885, pilots: Daniel Gillespiek, Frederick Harpenau, and Edward Young, owners of the pilot-boat Washington, filed a libel in the US Court against the tugboat ''Mary N. Hogan'', claiming $9,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50425764/?terms=%22pilot%20boat%20Washington%22&match=1 |title=The Suit Of Three Seamen.|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|place=Brooklyn, New York|date=31 Jan 1885|page=6|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

On June 12, 1885, the boatkeeper, "Dutch Billy," of the pilot-boat ''Washington, No. 22,'' was washed overboard and drowned in a heavy gale.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200626.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc455d389%26DocId%3D778591%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520I%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3Dd8a%2Bd8b%2Bd8c%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%25206%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Tribune%25201885%2520Apr%2520-%2520Jun%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200626.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3Dffffffffc455d389%26DocId%3D778591%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520I%26HitCount%3D3%26hits%3Dd8a%2Bd8b%2Bd8c%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |title=Dutch Billy's Bad Fate.|work=New York Daily Tribune|place=New York, New York|date=12 Jun 1885|page=5|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

On March 5, 1890, Captain Edward Collins was lost from the pilot-boat ''Washington, No. 22,'' when he was crushed between the tugboat and the bark he was trying to board.<ref name="Lore">
{{cite book|last=Allen|first=Edward L.|date=1922|title=Pilot Lore From sail to Steam|url=https://archive.org/details/pilotlorefromsai00unit/page/n17/mode/2up?q=%22pilot+boat+Washington%22|location=New York|publisher=The United New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Associations|page=18}}
</ref>

On September 14, 1891, the ''pilot-boat Washington, No. 22,'' was in tow by the pilot boat, E. F. Williams, No. 24, when she hit a cyclone three hundred and fifty miles eastward of Sandy Hook. She arrived safely back into port with damages to her [[Mast (sailing)|masts]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201882-Jun-Dec%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201882-Jun-Dec%2520Grayscale%2520-%25201661.pdf%23xml%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3ee60eb2%26DocId%3D1124491%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520T%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D10b8%2B10b9%2B10ba%2B10bb%2B10bc%2B10bd%2B10be%2B10bf%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25209%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201882-Jun-Dec%2520Grayscale%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Sun%25201882-Jun-Dec%2520Grayscale%2520-%25201661.pdf&xml=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D3ee60eb2%26DocId%3D1124491%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cDISK%2520T%26HitCount%3D8%26hits%3D10b8%2B10b9%2B10ba%2B10bb%2B10bc%2B10bd%2B10be%2B10bf%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false |title=A Blow And Little Boat.|work=The Sun|place=New York, New York|date=14 Sep 1891|page=6|access-date=2020-11-27}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of Northeastern U. S. Pilot Boats]]

== References ==
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{{List of Northeastern U. S. Pilot Boats}}
{{1884 shipwrecks}}

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