Fire Fighter (fireboat)
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Fire Fighter is a fireboat which served the New York City Fire Department from 1938 through 2010, serving with Marine Companies 1, 8 and 9 during her career. The most powerful diesel-electric fireboat in terms of pumping capacity when built in 1938, Fire Fighter fought more than 50 major fires during her career, including fires aboard the SS Normandie in 1942 and the SS El Estero in 1943, the 1973 collision of the Esso Brussels and SS Sea Witch, and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.[4]
Quick Facts History, New York City Fire Department ...
Fireboat Fire Fighter | |
History | |
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New York City Fire Department | |
Name | Fire Fighter |
Operator | New York City Fire Department |
Builder | United Shipyards |
Laid down | 1937 |
Launched | August 26, 1938 |
Christened | August 26, 1938 |
Commissioned | November 16, 1938 |
Decommissioned | July 17, 2010 |
Homeport | New York City |
Nickname(s) | The Fighter |
Honors and awards | 1974 Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation |
Fate | Museum Ship |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 220.44 net |
Length | 134 ft (41 m) |
Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
Height | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
Installed power | Twin 1500 hp, 16-cylinder, 3968 CID General Motors Winton diesel engines |
Propulsion | Twin Westinghouse 1000 hp Electric Propulsion Motors |
Speed | 14 knots (16 mph) |
Capacity | 20,000gpm |
Crew | 7-11 |
Fire Fighter (fireboat) | |
Location | Greenport, Suffolk County, New York |
Built | 1938 |
Built by | United Shipyards |
Architect | William Francis Gibbs |
NRHP reference No. | 89001447 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 30, 1989[1][2] |
Designated NHL | June 30, 1989[3] |
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Quick Facts Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation, Awarded for ...
Merchant Marine Gallant Ship Citation | |
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Awarded for | Actions on May 30th, 1973 following the collision of the SS Esso Brussels and SS Sea Witch and the rescue of 31 trapped crew from life-threatening fire aboard the SS Sea Witch. |
Presented by | United States Maritime Administration |
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