Elbridge T. Gerry (pilot boat)
Pilot boat Elbridge T. Gerry | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Elbridge T. Gerry |
| Namesake | Elbridge Thomas Gerry |
| Owner |
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| Cost | $13,000 |
| Launched | August 24, 1888 |
| Out of service | December 13, 1896 |
| Renamed | Kwasind |
| Homeport | Port of New York |
| Fate | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 62-tons |
| Length | 80 ft 0 in (24.38 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m) |
| Propulsion | schooner sail |
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Elbridge T. Gerry was a 19th-century New York Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1888 at the Robinson & Waterhouse shipyard in City Island, Bronx. She was named in honor of Elbridge Thomas Gerry, a commodore of the New York Yacht Club. She served as a pilot boat from 1888 to 1896, when she was sold for offshore yachting cruises. Her name was changed to Kwasind, after the strongman in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha.