SIGHTSEER, New York, NY – 1949 In 1949, the "SIGHTSEER" was the flagship of the Circle Line Fleet. Once her party boat fishing days as the "SACHEM" had ended, she spent many years carrying tourists around Manhattan Island under the Circle Line flag. She was later named the "CIRCLELINE SIGHTSEER" and the "CIRCLE LINE V" before being taken out of service in the early 1980s.