Fireboats in Seattle, Washington

As a major port, the Seattle Fire Department has maintained a fleet of fireboats in Seattle for over a century.^[1]

Fireboats in Seattle, Washington
name	launch	retired	gpm^[2]
Snoqualmie	1891	1935	First fireboat on North America's west coast.^[1]
Duwamish	1909	1985	Duwamish was originally built with a "ram" bow, so she could sink a blazing vessel before it set other vessels ablaze.^[1] Currently a museum ship.
Alki	1927	2013
Chief Seattle	1984	in service
Marine One	2006	in service
Leschi	2007	in service

References

1 2 3 Richard Schneider (2007). Seattle Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439634332. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
↑ gallons per minute of pumping capacity

Fleets of fireboats by location
Canadian cities	Fireboats of Toronto Fireboats of Vancouver
United States locations	Fireboats of Baltimore Fireboats of Boston Fireboats of California Fireboats of Chicago Fireboats of Connecticut Fireboats of Detroit Fireboats of Duluth Fireboats of Houston Fireboats of Jacksonville, Florida Fireboats of Long Beach, California Fireboats of Milwaukee Fireboats of New Orleans Fireboats of New York City Fireboats of Philadelphia Fireboats of Pittsburgh Fireboats of Portland, Oregon Fireboats of San Diego Fireboats of San Francisco Fireboats in Seattle, Washington
fireboats by river	Fireboats on the Mississippi River system

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