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Marine Operations, Pilot Stations & Floating Equipment

Fourteen pilot vessels serve the coastal areas of the New York State pilot system. The Board of Commissioners authorized and designated State pilot transfer locations are:

  • Station Edgewater, Staten Island, NY serving the Atlantic Ocean, at the approaches to New York Harbor and the western Long Island Sound;
  • Station Newport, Rhode Island serving New York waters of eastern Long Island Sound/ Block Island Sound, and Point Judith, Rhode Island; and
  • Station Yonkers, New York, serving the Lower Hudson River; and Station Hyde Park, New York serving Hyde Park/Norrie Point and the Upper Hudson River.

The following floating equipment was in use in the State pilot system in 2023:

PILOT BOAT LENGTH BUILT STATUS STATION

The new NEW YORK

208

1993 (rebuilt 2022)

In service

New York Harbor

NEW JERSEY

146

1986

In service

New York Harbor

SANDY HOOK

65

1985

In service

New York Harbor

AMERICA

56

2000

In service

New York Harbor

PHANTOM

56

2000

In service

New York Harbor

WANDERER

56

2001

In service

New York Harbor

YANKEE

56

2005

In service

New York Harbor

TRENTON

48

1983

In service

Hudson River

SEN. JOHN E. FLYNN

38

1971

In service

Hudson River

JOHN G. HAMILTON

36

2005

In service

Hudson River

NORTHEAST PILOT I

53

2013

In service

LI/BI Sound

NORTHEAST PILOT II

47

1985

In service

LI/BI Sound

NORTHEAST PILOT IV

51

1987

In service

LI/BI Sound

NORTHEAST PILOT V

38

1992

In service

LI/BI Sound