Schooners that graced a Maine-themed quarter or hosted Cousteau rest at the bottom of a NYC canal0

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• September 2, 2026

For more than a century, the Pilot and the Victory Chimes — two historic schooners with towering sails — have between them served the country in wartime, hosted the likes of Jacques Cousteau and graced the Maine state quarter. But an inlet just off New York City’s famously polluted Gowanus Canal could be their final