GIRALDA, Brooklyn, NY – 1927 A 1927 advertising postcard for Captain Dave Martin's "GIRALDA" sailing from Pier 6 at Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY. The coal–fired steamer "GIRALDA" was built in 1896 by James M. Baylis & Sons of Port Jefferson, NY as a luxury yacht. Captain Martin purchased the "GIRALDA" in 1914 and sailed her from Sheepshead Bay as a party fishing vessel until the beginning of World War II.