She helped transport maritime pilots between inbound or outbound ships coming into the New York Harbor.

On December 28, 1837, the pilot boat Blossom was twenty miles from Sandy Hook, when she met up with the packet ship Sheridan from Liverpool.

[1] On March 6, 1838, the Blossom met up with the brig William Henry from Matanzas, Cuba, 60 miles south east from Sandy Hook.

She was discovered thirty miles southeast of Sandy Hook with 25-30 black men, who requested something to eat and drink.

[6] On December 19, 1843, in the dark of night, the Blossom ran into the schooner Harriet Smith a few miles off Sandy Hook.

Pilot Thomas Freeborne ran into trouble on the John Minturn when trying to guide the ship in bad weather.

[10] The 1846, wreck sparked the development of the United States Life-Saving Service, an agency that would assist shipwrecked crews and passengers.

On September 5, 1848 the Blossom was stationed at the Breakwater when a bark ran into her causing some damage that needed repairs.

[12] The last report of the Blossom was on December 25, 1851 when she helped rescue the sloop Albano of Melville, New York, that had drifted and struck the Ice Breaker.