Sunday, February 15th

After disembarking from New Orleans in January, the John Minturn approaches the entrance to New York harbor. There Captain Stark awaits for a Sandy Hook pilot to escort his vessel into port. When a New York pilot boat approaches in the early morning offering assistance, Stark rudely rejects them preferring to wait for a Sandy Hook pilot. Because of the rejection, the John Minturn is captured in the clutches of the storm that will claim the vessel and become the moniker for the storm from then on.