Mary and Catherine
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Mary and Catherine |
| Namesake | Wives of Josiah Johnson |
| Owner | New York Pilots, Josiah Johnson Sr. |
| Operator | John Taylor, Devere, Oscar Stoffenden |
| Builder | Jacob Aaron Westervelt shipyard |
| Launched | September 26, 1848 |
| Out of service | November 6, 1885 |
| Fate | Sold |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | schooner |
| Tonnage | 41 Thames Measurement |
| Length | 65 ft 5 in (19.94 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 0 in (5.79 m) |
| Depth | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) |
| Propulsion | Sail |
The Mary and Catherine was a 19th-century New York pilot boat built in 1848 by the Jacob Aaron Westervelt shipyard. She was hit and sunk by the steamship Haverton in 1885. The collision was the subject of a court case that went to the Supreme Court of the United States as Devere v. The Haverton. The Mary and Catherine was replaced by the pilot boat William H. Starbuck.
Pilot boat Mary and Catherine was built by Captain Josiah Johnson Sr. and launched on September 26, 1848, from the Westervelt and M'Kay shipyard. Mary was the name of Johnson's first wife and Catherine was the name of his second wife.[1][2]
On March 5, 1851, the Mary and Catherine came across a large amount of bales of cotton and barrels off Nantucket. Captain Josiah Johnson was in search of the vessel that had the accident.[3]
The Mary and Catherine, No. 6, was one of only twenty-one New York and New Jersey pilot boats in 1860.[2]: p159
On March 10, 1869, the Mary & Catherine took the place of the Josiah Johnson, which was lost in the collision with the schooner Wanata. The crew of the Johnson were transferred to the Mary & Catherine.[4]
The Mary and Catherine was registered as a pilot Schooner with the Record of American and Foreign Shipping, from 1876 to 1882. Her ship master was John Taylor; her owners were the New York Pilots; built in 1848 at New York City; and her hailing port was the Port of New York. Her dimensions were 65.5 ft. in length; 19 ft. breadth of beam; 7 ft. depth of hold; and 41-tons Tonnage.[5][6]
