John D. Jones (pilot boat)
Pilot Boat John D. Jones, No. 15., painted by J. Hansen. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | John D. Jones |
| Namesake | John Divine Jones, the President of the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company |
| Owner | New York Pilots |
| Operator | Peter R. Baillie |
| Builder | J.B & J.D. Van Deusen shipyard |
| Launched | 28 Dec 1859 |
| Christened | 28 Dec 1859 |
| Out of service | 18 March 1871 |
| Fate | Sank |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 50-tons TM |
| Draft | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
The John D. Jones was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat, built in 1859 at the Van Deusen shipyard in East River for a company of New York Sandy Hook pilots. She was one of the finest vessels of her class. She was replaced by the pilot-boat Widgeon, when the Jones sank in a collision with the steamer City of Washington in 1871.