The Anthony B. Neilson, was a pilot-boat built in 1854 by George Steers[2] for a company of five New York pilots.

The boat was named after Anthony Bleecker Neilson, who was president of the Sun Mutual Insurance Company and on the board of underwriters.

She was an exact model of the pilot-boat George Steers, except that she was ten feet longer.

[3] A half hull model of the Anthony B. Neilson was made by George Steers.

[6] On September 20, 1854 the Anthony B. Neilson, encountered the schooner Marietta, from New Orleans, that was in a storm and leaking badly, her foresail was split and her bulwarks were gone.

[8][9][3] On January 21, 1857, the Neilson was out cruising with pilots John Clarke, Peter Bayley, Thomas Aitken, George W. Christopher, Ralph Noble, Gideon L. Mapes, and William Anderson.

After boarding a schooner at Owl's Head, both vessels were carried ashore by the ice.