Fireboats of New York City
As one of the busiest ports in the world authorities have long maintained a fleet of Fireboats of New York City.[1] For much of the late 19th and early 20th Century, New York City maintained a fleet of ten fireboats.
In recent decades technology has improved to where smaller boats can provide the pumping capacity that required a large boat in the past.[2] These smaller boats require smaller crews, and the crews themselves require less training. Like many other cities the FDNY operates a fleet with a smaller number of large fireboats, supplemented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.[3]
| image | name | commissioned | retired | dimensions | pumping capacity | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | William F. Havemeyer | 1875 | 1901 | 106'x22'x10' | 6000 gpm | |
 | Zophar Mills | 1882 | 1934 | 120'x25'x12' | 6000 gpm | |
 | Seth Low | 1885 | 1917 | 99'x24'x9' | 3500 gpm | Brooklyn FD |
_pg545_FIRE-BOAT_'NEW-YORKER'_AT_CASTLE-GARDEN_BULKHEAD.jpg){kind=small} | The New Yorker | 1890 | 1931 | 125'x26'x12' | 13,000 gpm | |
| David A. Boody | 1892 | 1914 | 105'x23'x7' | 6500 gpm | ||
| William L. Strong | 1898 | 1948 | 100'x24'x12.6' | 6500 gpm | ||
 | Abram S. Hewitt | 1903 | 1958 | 117'x25'x10'6" | 7000 gpm | |
| George B. McClellan | 1904 | 1954 | 117'x24'x9'6" | 7000 gpm | ||
| James Duane | 1908 | 1959 | 132'x28'x10' | 9000 gpm | ||
| Thomas Willett | 1908 | 1959 | 132'x28'x10' | 9000 gpm | ||
| Cornelius W. Lawrence | 1908 | 1955 | 104'6"x23'6"x9' | 7000 gpm | ||
| Velox | 1907 | 1922 | 68'x11'6"x7' | |||
| William J. Gaynor | 1914 | 1961 | 118'x25'x13.4' | 7000 gpm | ||
| John Purroy Mitchel | 1921 | 1966 | 132'x27'x10' | 9000 gpm | ||
| Captain Connell | 1922 | 1938 | 56'6"x12'x6'6" | |||
 | John J. Harvey | 1931 | 1999 | 130'x28'x9' | 18,000 gpm | now a private excursion vessel |
 | Fire fighter | 1938 | 1999 | 134'x32'x9' | 20,000 gpm | Now a museum ship |
| Smoke | 1938 | 1955 | 53'x7'x3.5' | |||
 | John D. Mc Kean | 1954 | 2010 | 129'x30'x9' | 19,000 gpm | held in retired status |
| H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks | 1958 | 1972 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | ||
| Harry M. Archer M. D. | 1958 | 1994 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | ||
| Smoke II | 1958 | ? | 52'x14'x4' | 2000 gpm | ||
| Senator Robert F. Wagner | 1959 | 1993 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | ||
 | Governor Alfred E. Smith | 1961 | ? | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | |
 | John H. Glenn, Jr. | 1962 | 1977 | 70'x21'x5' | 5000 gpm | Now serving in Washington DC |
| John P. Devaney | 1992 | 1994 | 70'x19'x5'4" | 7075 gpm | named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty | |
| Alfred E. Ronaldson | 1992 | 1994 | 70'x19'x5'4" | 7075 gpm | named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty | |
| Kevin C. Kane | 1992 | ? | 52'x16'x4'6" | 6500 gpm | ||
 | Bravest | 2011 | - | 64'x17' | 6000 gpm | fastest fireboat of its size[4] |
 | Fire Fighter II | 2010 | - | 50,000 gpm | one of the largest fireboats in North America[4] | |
 | Three Forty Three | 2010 | - | 50,000 gpm | one of the largest fireboats in North America[4] | |
| Willam M. Feehan | 2015 | - | 68' | 8,000 gpm | ` 40 knots (74 km/h)[5] |
See also
- Fireboats of Baltimore
- Fireboats of Boston
- Fireboats of Chicago
- Fireboats of Connecticut
- Fireboats of Detroit
- Fireboats of Houston
- Fireboats of Jacksonville, Florida
- Fireboats of Long Beach, California
- Fireboats of New Orleans
- Fireboats of Philadelphia
- Fireboats of San Diego
- Fireboats of San Francisco
- Fireboats of Toronto
- Fireboats of Vancouver
- Fireboats on the Mississippi River system
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References
- 1 2 Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). "Fireboats Through The Years". Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Brian J. Cudahy (1997). "Around Manhattan Island". Fordham University Press. pp. 83, 86. ISBN 9780823217618. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
- ↑ "FDNY Annual Report 2012" (PDF). FDNY. 2012. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
Additionally, FDNY expects to take delivery of the following 10 boats by January 2013: seven 33-foot boats, two 31-foot medical response boats and one 33-foot SCUBA boat.
- 1 2 3 Peter Marsh (February 2011). "SAFE Boats International Delivers One of the World's Fastest Fireboats to New York: The 64-foot Bravest Made Its Debut in Seattle" (PDF). NW Yachting magazine. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Peter Kennedy (2015-08-06). "Kingston-built fireboat immortalizes 9/11 victim". Kingston Whig Standard. Retrieved 2015-08-10.
Just shy of 21 metres in length, the William M. Feehan is powered by a trio of Caterpillar C-18 engines, each capable of pushing out 1,150 horsepower, with twin fuel tanks splitting 4,500 litres. Running at a top speed of 40 knots (about 75 km/h), it can stop in two boat lengths.
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