"Pilot" Is a wood hull, plumb bow, fantail stern, round bilge, flush deck, single screw diesel diesel built in 1914 in San Diego for service as the pilot boat.
Collection
Museum Vessel Collection
Make and Manufacture
Manufacture Date
1914
Make and Manufacture Notes
Wood hull
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Boat, Pilot
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Vessel, Service
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Watercraft
Nomenclature Class
Water Transportation Equipment
Nomenclature Category
Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects
Interpretative Labels
Label
As the Pilot Boat, she was retired From Her Original Service in 1995. After Retirement a Program of Rehabilitation Intended To Restore Her To Service with a USCG Certificate of Inspection For Service in Conjunction with Educational Programs Was Initiated. The Rehabilitation Program Included Renewals of Major Elements of Her Structure and Incorporation of Bulkheads Not Part of Her Original Arrangements. The Vessel Was Returned To the Water For Completion of Outfitting and Necessary Testing on April 17, 2002. She Is Presently Moored To the Floating Pier Alongside the 'Berkeley at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, from where she does Bay tours.
