She was later sold to the New York pilots and renamed Richard K. Fox in honor of the famous sportsman and publisher of the Police Gazette.

She was constructed by Pierce, Montgomery & Howard from a half-model made by prominent naval architect Dennison J. Lawlor of Chelsea.

She was built for Captain George W. Lawler, who was connected with the Boston pilot service for more than forty years.

[6] On June 22, 1876, on her first trial trip, the pilot boat Lillie went down the Boston Harbor with a party of about seventy-five men and woman were on board, which were by invitation of Captain Lawler.

[9] On January 25, 1879, the pilot-boat Lillie was caught out in Boston Bay by a 68-miles per-hour wind and stormy sea.

Captain Lawler had to light a woolen cloth in kerosene to thaw the frozen ropes and sails.

The captain of the La Bourgogne handed to Pilot Nicolay a cable to be dispatch on reaching New York.

The tug Argus picked up the pilot boat's yawl and seven of the crew near Coney Island en route to the mainland.

Pilot John Shooks charged Nicolay with not staying with the boat, but abandoned the vessel.

He died of heart disease shortly after climbing the robe ladder to board the vessel on September 19, 1897.

[18] On February 1, 1896, the New York Pilots discarded sixteen sailboats and moved them to the Erie Basin in Brooklyn.