Thomas D. Harrison
Thomas D. Harrison was a 19th-century New York pilot boat built for New Jersey pilots. She was launched from the Jacob S. Ellis & Son shipyard, at Tottenville, Staten Island in 1875. The Harrison went ashore in the Great Blizzard of 1888 with no lives lost. She continued as a pilot boat with Pilot Stephen Cooper in command. She was purchased in 1897 by Allerton D. Hitch and used for coastal trade in the Cape Verde islands off the west African coast. Construction and service The Thomas D. Harrison was a pilot boat built in 1875. She was launched from the Jacob S. Ellis & Son shipyard at Tottenville, Staten Island. She was registered as a pilot Schooner with the Record of American and Foreign Shipping, from 1876 to 1882. Her ship master was Thomas Dexter and her owners were New Jersey Pilots; built in 1875 at Tottenville, Staten Island; and her hailing port was the Port of New York. Her dimensions were 80 ft. in length; 22 ft. breadth of beam; 7.9 ft. depth of hold; and 70-tons Tonnage. On February 12, 1879, the pilot boat Thomas D. Harrison, No. 3, and was reported as a New York pilot