Abel F. Hayden, was a 19th-century American Maritime pilot. He was one of the oldest Boston pilots, serving for over thirty years. He helped bring in the USS San Jacinto, into the Boston Harbor in 1861. Hayden was owner of the pilot-boat D. J. Lawlor, that was struck by a fishing schooner Horace B. Parker, in 1895.
Abel F. Hayden, c. 1889.
Hayden anchored the San Jacinto in the Boston channel.
Pilot Boat D. J. Lawlor, No. 3
The D. J. Lawlor was a 19th-century Boston pilot boat built in 1881 at North Weymouth, Massachusetts. The schooner was considered the largest for her type, noted for her seaworthiness and heavy weather performance. She was named after the prominent Boston shipbuilder Dennison J. Lawlor. She was struck by a fishing schooner Horace B. Parker, in 1895, and was replaced by the pilot-boat Liberty in 1896.
Pilot-boat D. J. Lawlor. Painting by Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins.
Pilot Boat No. 3, D. J. Lawlor, lost in 1895 collision.