Samuel H. Pine

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Samuel H. Pine was born at Morris River, Cumberland County, New Jersey in November 1827. He was the son of John Pine (1785-1876) and Elizabeth Bare (1789-1857). He married Alice Pauline Giberson on August 3, 1853 in Manhattan, New York.{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org|title=New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940 |website= FamilySearch|access-date=2021-09-06}} They had several sons, one being Charles Henry Pine (1857-1932) and one daughter who was married to Thomas F. Mathews, Assemblyman in the Thirteenth District.

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At age 15, he became interested in shipbuilding and was employed at a Port Republic, New Jersey shipyard. Four years later he worked for William Foulks in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He then was employed as a foreman for Jacob Aaron Westervelt (later mayor of New York). Under Westervelt, he built the USS Brooklyn (1858). Soon after he worked for Henry Steers and was superintendent for the construction of the notable steamships Arizona (1865), Japan (1867) and Montana (1865) for the Pacific Mail Line, which were built at the foot of Java Street, Greenpoint.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1904/06/05/101343853.pdf New York Times Obituary 1904]

After the American Civil War, Pine built a multitude of ships, including many well-appointed fast steam and sailing yachts for famous magnates of the day, including Jacob and Louis Lorillard. He built the schooner racing yacht Enchantress; famous in its day for international racing and whose model resides at the New York Yacht Club.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/28956968/?terms=%22model%22%2B%22New%2BYork%2BYacht%2BClub%22%2BEnchantress|title=Models Representing History of Yachting As An Amateur Sport in American Waters|newspaper=The Washington Post|place=Washington, District of Columbia|date=1906-06-14|page=7|access-date=2020-09-11}}

In April 1880, Pine built three revenue cutters for the Mexican Government. The dimensions were 65 ft. in length; 12 ft. breadth of beam; 5.5 ft. depth of hold.{{cite journal|title=Engineering |volume=29|journal=Office for Advertisements and Publication, 2.1880 |date=May 21, 1880|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZdDAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22S.H.+Pine%22+yacht&pg=PA408|access-date=2021-09-07|page=408}}

When Henry Steers left the shipbuilding business, Henry Piepgras developed the Henry Piepgras shipyard at Pottery Beach, in Greenpoint. Pine had a partnership with Piepgras as both men built ships at the Piepgras & Pine shipyard. On May 1, 1885, the first steel yacht ever constructed in Boston was built at the Piepgras & Pine shipyard. Pierre Lorillard also built a yacht at the same shipyard.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84863795/piepgras-pine/ |title=New York's First Steel Yacht.|work=The Boston Globe|place=Boston, Massachusetts|date=1 May 1885|page=2|access-date=2021-09-06}} The steam yacht Tillie was lengthened in 1883 by Piepgras & Pine. The steel yacht Wanda was built in 1885 and launched from the yard of Piepgras & Pine. The copartnership ended on mutual terms on September 1, 1885.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84862189/henry-piepgras/ |title=Copoartnership.|work=Times Union|place=Brooklyn, New York|date=2 Sep 1885|page=3|access-date=2021-09-06}}

As a shipbuilder Pine built the following sailing schooners and yachts:

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• Enchantress (1871) schooner yacht for George L. Lorillard; the designer was Robert Fish[https://books.google.com/books?id=ld5CAAAAIAAJ&dq=lorillard+enchantress&pg=PA272 A yachtsman's scrap book, Joseph Florimond Loubat, Brentano Brothers, 1887]
• The Wanderer (1871) yacht for Louis Lorillard[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84866684/the-wanderer/] Thomas Stack's Yard, Times Union, Brooklyn, New York, 17 Jan 1871, Page 3
• Sandy Hook pilot boat W. W. Story (1874){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76216727/story/|title=Launch Of A Pilot Boat. |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |place=Brooklyn, New York |page=2|date=2 Oct 1874|access-date=2021-04-21}}
• Sea Witch - Sailing YachtPhoto collection of Mystic Seaport Museum 1979.138.2
• Sandy Hook pilot boat Edward Cooper (1879)Photo collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society
• Sandy Hook pilot boat Caldwell H. Colt (1887){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78257541/thirteen/|title=Pilot Boat Number Thirteeen|work=The Standard Union |place= Brooklyn, New York|date=13 Sep 1887|page=2|access-date=8 September 2020}}
• Thomas L. Watt's steam yacht Osceola (1898){{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84896660/thomas-l-watts-steam-yacht/|title=Yachting Notes.|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|place=Brooklyn, New York|date=30 Jun 1898|page=5|access-date=2021-09-07}}

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Pine built the following steam yachts:

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• Trophy for Jacob Lorillard
• Veto for Jacob Lorillard
• EMU (1880)[https://books.google.com/books?id=7dtYAAAAYAAJ&dq=yacht+EMU+Pine&pg=PA287 Brentano's monthly: new series, Volume 3, 1880]
• Tillie (1882) steam yacht{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5h0uAAAAYAAJ&dq=yacht+Pine&pg=PA719 |title=Outing|volume=7|journal=Outing Publishing Company|date=1885|page=719|access-date=2021-09-06}}
• Sophia (1882){{rp|p716}}
• Venture (1883){{rp|p361}}
• Wanda (1885)[https://books.google.com/books?id=J1AoAAAAYAAJ&q=Wanda+Piepgrass+&pg=PA30 Frank Leslie's popular monthly, Volume 20, Frank Leslie Pub. House, 1885]
• Reva (1886)[https://books.google.com/books?id=oSdHXKyds0kC&dq=reva%20samuel%20pine%20greenpoint%20ny&pg=PA32 Millionaires, Mansions, and Motor Yachts: An Era of Opulence By Ross MacTaggart, W. W. Norton & Company, 2004]
• ArcadyUSS Arcady (SP-577)
• Idler for James McMillan[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/08/24/103974389.pdf A New Yacht Launched, The New York Times, August 24, 1886]
• Daring (1886)[http://mobius.mysticseaport.org/detail.php?type=related&kv=282526&t=objects Photograph Collection of the Mystic Seaport Museum]
• Reverie (1890)[http://www.jsjohnston.org/~reverie.html J. S. Johnston yacht photography collection ]
• Wompanoag (1887)[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1887/05/22/100913467.pdf News For The Yachtsmen, The New York Times, May 22, 1887]
• Steam Yacht RivalPhoto collection of Mystic Seaport Museum 1993.6.285
• Mary Patten (1893) for the Long Branch Steamboat Company's Pleaseure Bay Line.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CA0AAAAAMAAJ&dq=steamship%20Mary%20Patten%20Pine&pg=PA177 Marine engineer and naval architect, Volume 15, 1894][https://www.ppycnj.com/history Patten Point Yacht Club]}}

Pine died on June 3, 1904, in Brooklyn following an operation at the age of 77. He is buried in the family plot in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.

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• {{cite book|last1=Preble|first1=George Henry|last2=Lochhead|first2= John Lipton|year= 1883 |title=A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation|publisher=Indiana Historical Society Press|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zMqAAAAYAAJ&dq=steam+yacht+Pine+brooklyn&pg=PA476}}
• {{cite journal|title=The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine |volume=24|date=1882|journal=Team Yachting in America - Leading Builders |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_VoiAQAAIAAJ&dq=steam+yacht+Pine+brooklyn&pg=PA602}}

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