Firefighter (fireboat)
| 200px The fireboat Firefighter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career (New York City Fire Department) | Flag of the City of New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Name: | Marine 9 Firefighter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operator: | New York City Fire Department | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Builder: | United Shipyards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yard number: | 856 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Launched: | August 26, 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Homeport: | Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, NY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General characteristics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tonnage: | 220.44 net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length: | 134 ft (41 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height: | 25 ft (7.6 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draught: | 9.24 ft (2.82 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft: | 9 ft (2.7 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion: | Twin 1500 hp, 16-cylinder, 3968 CID General Motors Winton diesel engines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Speed: | 15mph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crew: | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Firefighter is a fireboat serving the New York City Fire Department as Marine Company 9. She was the most powerful diesel-electric fireboat when built in 1938. She has fought more than 50 fires, including upon the S.S. Normandie in 1942.[3]
Other well known fires she participated in include the SS El Estero in 1943, and, perhaps most dramatically, the fire following the collision of Esso Brussels and SS Sea Witch in 1973. On September 11, 2001, Firefighter along with the rest of the FDNY Marine units and the John J. Harvey, a retired fireboat being restored by volunteers, were in active service pumping water from the Hudson into Ground Zero when the water mains failed.[4]
Firefighter was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][3]
Firefighter continues to serve today but is scheduled to be retired in 2009, and replaced by the fireboat Firefighter II.[5]
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "FIREFIGHTER (Fireboat)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-14. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2075&ResourceType=Structure.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 James P. Delgado (January 20, 1989). National Register of Historic Places Registration: FirefighterPDF (461 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 8 photos from 1939, 1942, and 1988.PDF (1.26 MB)
- ↑ "Fireboats: few & far between". Boat/US Magazine. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQK/is_6_7/ai_94509618. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ↑ NYFD.com
External links
- Marine 9
- "Fire Fighter" Youtube video of 2003 rechristening and operation on the water
- An artistic representation of Firefighter
- Information about the Firefighter's Winton diesel engines on Old Tacoma Marine Inc
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