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Pilot Stations & Floating Equipment

14 Pilot vessels serve the coastal areas of the New York State Pilot system. The Board 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 2025:

PILOT BOAT LENGTH (FT) BUILT STATUS STATION
NEW YORK 208 1993 (rebuilt 2022) In service New York Harbor
NEW JERSEY 128 1986 In service New York Harbor
ROMER 72.1 2013 (rebuilt 2025) Commissioned New York Harbor
SANDY HOOK 65 1985 Decommissioned New York Harbor
AMERICA 53 2000 In service New York Harbor
PHANTOM 53 2000 In service New York Harbor
WANDERER 53 2001 In service New York Harbor
YANKEE 53 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