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Fireboat No. 1
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Fire Boat No. 1
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| Location: | Tacoma, WA |
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| Built: | 1929 |
| Architect: | T.M. Rowlands; Coast Line Shipbuilding Co. |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83004254 |
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| Added to NRHP: | December 2, 1983[1] |
| Designated NHL: | June 19, 1980[2] |
Fireboat No. 1 was built in 1929 for the Port of Tacoma by the Coastline Shipbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington for US$148,000. She is 96 feet 6 inches (29.4 m) long with a 21 foot (6.4 m), six-inch (152 mm) beam and a six-foot (1.8 m) draft. Her seven water cannons have a capacity of 10,000 US gallons per minute (630 L/s). The vessel is the only fireboat in U.S. history to protect a major port by itself for more than half a century.
After 54 years of service in waterfront fire protection, harbor security patrols, search and rescue missions, and water pollution control, Fireboat No. 1 was put up on on a permanent dry berth at a public beach near Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood. She is one of only five fireboats designated as a National Historic Landmark. Visitors are able to walk around her exterior, but her interior is closed to the public.
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