Fireboat No. 1 (Tacoma, Wash.)

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Fireboat No. 1
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Fire Boat No. 1
Location: Tacoma, WA
Coordinates: 47°16′56.27″N 122°28′49.47″W / 47.2822972°N 122.4804083°W / 47.2822972; -122.4804083Coordinates: 47°16′56.27″N 122°28′49.47″W / 47.2822972°N 122.4804083°W / 47.2822972; -122.4804083
Built/Founded: 1929
Architect: T.M. Rowlands; Coast Line Shipbuilding Co.
Governing body: Local
Added to NRHP: December 2, 1983[1]
Designated NHL: June 19, 1980[2]
NRHP Reference#: 83004254
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Fire Boat No. 1 in its dry berth.

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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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/. 
  2. "FIREBOAT NO. 1 (Tacoma)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1863&ResourceType=Structure. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 

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