William H. Starbuck was a 19th-century New York pilot boat built to take the place of the Mary and Catherine, that sank in 1885.

About a thousand people witnessed the launching, including William H. Starbuck, Captain Josiah Johnson of the Edmund Blunt, No.

She was named after William H. Starbuck, a railroad financier, who paid for the cabin and presented the colours, including the signal flags.

[3][4] Charles Edward Russell, describes this accident in great detail in his book From Sandy Hook to 62°.

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