John A. Lynch (ferryboat)

The John A. Lynch was a ferryboat built in 1925 in Mariners Harbor, Staten Island. It was named after NJ politician John A. Lynch, Sr. by NYC Mayor Hylan as were 15 other ferryboats built at the same time.[2] It was renamed first as the Harlam, then the Major General William H. Hart in 1940 when it was sold to the Army and assigned to Governors Island. In 1968 it was donated to the South Street Seaport Museum where it was used as a school ship until 1990. It was traded to Captain's Cove Seaport, in Bridgeport Connecticut in exchange for docking proposed for the H.M.S. Rose at South Street for the 1992 quincentennial of Christopher Columbus' 1492 expedition. It was sold in about 2000 and was to be docked in New Jersey, but is currently half sunk and decaying at Port Reading, New Jersey.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 1984.

John A. Lynch
Piers 15, 16, and 17 (South Street Seaport) in New York City on the East River. This is where the John A. Lynch (ferryboat), on the NRHP since September 7, 1984 was once docked (Pier 15, East River, Manhattan, New York)
John A. Lynch
John A. Lynch
Coordinates40.560532°N 74.232159°W / 40.560532; -74.232159
Built1925
ArchitectStaten Island Shipbuilding Co.
Architectural styleDouble-ended harbor ferry
NRHP reference No.84002775[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Major General William H. Hart". 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. del Rosario, Henry. "The Ferry Boats of Governors Island". Retrieved 1 December 2013.


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