1966 ❖ NEW PUGET SOUND PILOT

 

 Capt. Ray Quinn 
and Capt. Emery H. Joyce (R)
1966
Photo from the archives of the 
Saltwater People Historical Society©

"Emery H. Joyce, who retired from the Coast Guard with the rank of captain, has joined the Puget Sound Pilots, an exclusive organization in which everyone is a captain. 

One of the last acts of Capt. Ray Quinn, president of the pilot's organization for 1965, before he was succeeded by Capt. Amigo Soriano, president-elect, was to welcome Captain Joyce to the group.

The informal ceremony took place in the organization's headquarters on top of the Exchange Building, from where the 28 pilots can look over the harbor.

Joyce is a name known on the waterfront for more than 70 years.

Emery's brother, Capt. Benjamin W. Joyce, also is a Puget Sound pilot. Their father, Capt. Benjamin I. Joyce, was a pilot for the Alaska Steamship Co. for many years before his retirement. 

Another brother, Jim Joyce, also has his captain's papers.

Capt. Benjamin W. Joyce has a son, Capt. Benjamin E. Joyce, who was with the Moore-McCormick Lines before he left the merchant marine to join the Coast Guard. He now is stationed in New York.

The first of the Joyces on the Seattle waterfront was Capt. Hanson Joyce, who first came here in 1892. His son, Benjamin I. Joyce, arrived later as a sailor in the New England, a fishing vessel that Capt. Hanson Joyce had bulit in New Jersey." Text from the Seattle Times 1966.