The Joseph F. Loubat was a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat built in 1880 at the Jacob S. Ellis shipyard in Tottenville, Staten Island.
On Saturday, December 18, 1880, the Joseph F. Loubat was launched from the Jacob S. Ellis's shipyard in Tottenville, Staten Island.
[1] She was built by Jacob S. Ellis at an expense of $13,000, for co-ownership with Electus Comfort, W. J. Barry, James McCarthy, and Maurice J. Mariga.
[2] On April 27, 1888, the Ward Line steamer Santiago, hit the Loubat, pilot-boat when she was at anchor at the Sandy Hook bar.
[5] On February 1, 1896, the New York Pilots discarded the Loubat, along with fifteen other sailboats and moved them to the Erie Basin in Brooklyn.