New York pilot dies after boarding accident

The Sandy Hook Pilots Association typically uses its four America-class pilot boats to make transfers at the Ambrose pilot station. Sandy Hook Pilots photo.

A 35-year veteran of the Sandy Hook Pilots Association  died Monday after a fall while boarding a containership inbound to New York Harbor, according to the Coast Guard and pilots.

Dennis R. Sherwood, of Freehold, N.J., was climbing an accommodation ladder to board the U.S.-flagged Maersk Kensington at the Ambrose Light pilot station outside the harbor approaches at 4:30 a.m., Coast Guard officials said.

Captain Dennis Sherwood died of injuries after a fall while attempting to board an inbound...

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