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Deluge, retired fire fighting tug. Tokyo Fire Department 's Ariake fireboat. The Edward M. Cotter of Buffalo, New York, considered the world's oldest active fireboat. A fireboat or fire-float is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires.
Added to NRHP. June 15, 2000. John J. Harvey is a fireboat formerly of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in New York City, famed for returning to service following the September 11, 2001 attacks. [2][3] She is one of the most powerful fireboats ever built, capable of pumping up to 18,000 gallons of water a minute.
Three Forty Three. Three Forty Three is a Ranger 4200 class fireboat that serves the New York City Fire Department as marine company 1. [2] Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built to replace the 1954 John D. McKean. It was commissioned at 0900 hours on September 11, 2010, exactly nine years after the 2001 terrorist attacks.
Map of the Channel Islands, California, with sinking site marked in red. The sinking of MV Conception occurred on September 2, 2019, when the 75-foot (23 m) dive boat caught fire and eventually sank off the coast of Santa Cruz Island, California, United States. The boat was anchored overnight at Platts Harbor, a small undeveloped bay on the ...
Edward M. Cotter escorting USS Little Rock (LCS-9). Edward M. Cotter is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named William S. Grattan, it was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age, it was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Firefighter upon its return ...
Fireboats of Chicago. In 1908 the City of Chicago operated a fleet of large steam-powered fireboats, but by the end of the 20th Century they had largely been replaced by smaller, faster, less powerful vessels. As an important port city, Chicago has operated dedicated fireboats since 1877. [1][2] In 1986, the Chicago Tribune offered a history of ...
Deluge (fireboat, 1923) Deluge (fireboat, 1949) Discovery (fireboat) Fireboats of Duluth.
The William A. McGonagle could pump 12,000 gallons per minute.. During the early 20th century, large and powerful fireboats were operated in Duluth, Minnesota. [1] In 1920 both the Duluth, Mesaba & Northern Railway Company and the Duluth & Iron Range Railway Company operated fireboats in Duluth, the William A. McGonacle and the Halle.