D. J. Lawlor
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The D. J. Lawlor was a 19th-century Boston pilot boat built in 1881 at North Weymouth, Massachusetts. The schooner was considered the largest (86 feet) for her type, noted for her seaworthiness and heavy weather performance. She was named after the prominent Boston shipbuilder Dennison J. Lawlor. She was struck by a fishing schooner Horace B. Parker, in 1895, and was replaced by the pilot-boat Liberty in 1896.
Construction and service
The D. J. Lawlor, was built at North Weymouth, Massachusetts by Porter Keene.{{cite web|url=https://www.weymouth.ma.us/sites/g/files/vyhlif4041/f/uploads/shipbuilding.pdf|title=Shipbuilding by Robert F. Sullivan|website=www.weymouth.ma.us|access-date=2020-10-21}} The D. J. Lawlor (No 3), was launched at Quincy Point in Quincy, Massachusetts on December 22, 1881 for Captain Abel F. Hayden.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-dec-23-1881-p-4/|title=Marine Notes|work=Boston Post|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=23 Dec 1881|page=3|via=newspaperarchive.com|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-10-21}} She was the largest of her build and rig in the United States and noted for her seaworthiness and heavy weather performance.
{{cite book|last=Cunliffe|first=Tom|date= 2001|title= Pilots, The World Of Pilotage Under Sail and Oar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNsGi3nmuaQC&q=D.%20J.%20Lawlor
|location=Brooklin, Maine|publisher=WoodenBoat|isbn=9780937822692|author-link=|page=155}}
She was designed by Dennison J. Lawlor, for whom she was named. She took the place of the pilot-boat Gracie, that was sold to the Wilmington, Delaware pilots.
On February 16, 1882, the D. J. Lawlor, took a trial trip at Battery Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The excursion went to Minot's Ledge Light, one mile offshore of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430672238/?terms=%22pilot%2Bboat%2BD.J.%2BLawlor%22 |title=A Model Craft. Trail Trip of the New Pilot Boat D. J. Lawlor|work=The Boston Globe|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=16 Feb 1882|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-10-20}}
The D. J. Lawlor, was registered as a pilot Schooner with the ‘’Record of American and Foreign Shipping,’’ from 1883-1895. Her ship master was Abel F. Hayden; her owners were Abel F. Hayden, James H. Reid, and William V. Abbott; built in 1882 at North Weymouth, Massachusetts; and her hailing port was the Port of Boston. Her dimensions were 86 ft. in length; 22 ft. breadth of beam; 8.8 ft. depth of hold; and 75-tons Tonnage.{{cite web|url=https://research.mysticseaport.org/item/l0179721883/291/|title=Record of American and Foreign Shipping 1883|work=Mystic Seaport Museum|place=New York|access-date=2020-10-20}}
End of service
On January 4, 1895, during a heavy mist, the Boston pilot-boat D. J. Lawlor, No. 3, was struck and sank off Minot's Ledge Light by the Gloucester fishing schooner Horace B. Parker. Four of the crew perished. Rudolph Harrison, the steward, was the only one that survived.{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/95290140|title=Four Pilots Keepers Drowned. The D. J. Lawler, No. 3, Off the Massachusetts Coast, Run Down by a Fishing Schooner|work=New York Times|place=New York, N.Y.|date=7 Jan 1895|page=8|via=ProQuest|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-10-20|id={{ProQuest|95290140}}}}
{{cite book|last=Eastman|first=Ralph M.|date=1956|title=Pilots and pilot boats of Boston Harbor|url=https://archive.org/details/pilotspilotboats00east/page/44/mode/2up?q=D.+J.+Lawlor|location=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=Second Bank-State Street Trust Company|page=44}} She cost $13,000 and was fully insured through the agency of Franklin S. Phelps & Company. Captain William V. Abbott, who was one-quarter owner, was not on board the boat when it sank.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-post-jan-07-1895-p-1/|title=Asleep Neath Boston Harbor's Water. Pilot Boat D, J. Lawler and Four of Her Men Sent Down by Schooner Horace B. Parker.|work=Boston Post|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=7 Jan 1895|page=1|via=newspaperarchive.com|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-10-21}}
The owners of the D. J. Lawlor, filed charges in the U. S. District Court against the fishing schooner Horace B. Parker, for damages for the loss of the pilot-boat, which was valued at $12,000. They claimed the collision was caused by the carelessness of the schooner with no lookout on board.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430702064/?terms=%22William%20V.%20Abbott%22&match=1|title=For Loss Of The Lawlor. Fishing Schooner Horace B. Parker Sued for $12,000 for Sinking Pilot Boat Off Minot's Light on Jan 4.|work=The Boston Globe|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=23 Feb 1895|page=5|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-10-21}}
In 1896, the 'Liberty was built by John Bishop at his shipyard in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to take the place of the ill-fated pilot-boat D. J. Lawlor. The boat was built for pilots Murdock Low, Nelson and John Ward. She was 104 feet long, 118-tons and cost $17,000. She was launched on March 30, 1896.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430827158/?terms=%22pilot%2Bboat%2BLiberty%22|title=Pilot Boat to Launched Monday|work=The Boston Globe|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=28 Mar 1896|page=3|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=limited|access-date=2020-10-21}}
See also
References
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Category:Schooners of the United States
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