Fireboats of New York City

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.[1] 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.[2]

some fireboats of the FDNY[3][1]
imagenamecommissionedretireddimensionspumping
capacity
notes
William F. Havemeyer18751901106'x22'x10'6000 gpm
Zophar Mills18821934120'x25'x12'6000 gpm
Seth Low1885191799'x24'x9'3500 gpmBrooklyn FD
The New Yorker18901931125'x26'x12'13,000 gpm
David A. Boody18921914105'x23'x7'6500 gpm
William L. Strong18981948100'x24'x12.6'6500 gpm
Robert A. van Wyck1898
Abram S. Hewitt19031958117'x25'x10'6"7000 gpm
George B. McClellan19041954117'x24'x9'6"7000 gpm
James Duane19081959132'x28'x10'9000 gpm
Thomas Willett19081959132'x28'x10'9000 gpm
Cornelius W. Lawrence19081955104'6"x23'6"x9'7000 gpm
Velox1907192268'x11'6"x7'
William J. Gaynor19141961118'x25'x13.4'7000 gpm
John Purroy Mitchel19211966132'x27'x10'9000 gpm
Captain Connell1922193856'6"x12'x6'6"
John J. Harvey19311999130'x28'x9'18,000 gpmnow a private excursion vessel
Fire Fighter19381999134'x32'x9'20,000 gpmNow a museum ship
Smoke1938195553'x7'x3.5'
John D. Mc Kean19542010129'x30'x9'19,000 gpmheld in retired status
H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks19581972105'6"x27'x9'8000 gpm
Harry M. Archer M. D.19581994105'6"x27'x9'8000 gpm
Smoke II 1958200852'x14'x4'2000 gpm
Senator Robert F. Wagner19591993105'6"x27'x9'8000 gpm
Governor Alfred E. Smith19612015105'6"x27'x9'8000 gpm
John H. Glenn, Jr.1962197770'x21'x5'5000 gpmNow serving in Washington DC
John P. Devaney1992199470'x19'x5'4"7075 gpmnamed after a firefighter who died in the line of duty
Alfred E. Ronaldson1992199470'x19'x5'4"7075 gpmnamed after a firefighter who died in the line of duty
Kevin C. Kane1992201352'x16'x4'6"6500 gpmauctioned off after receiving damage during Hurricane Sandy.[4]
Bravest2011-64'x17'x3'4"6000 gpmfastest fireboat of its size[5]
Fire Fighter II2010-140'x36'x9'50,000 gpmone of the largest fireboats in North America[5]
Three Forty Three2010-140'x36'x9'50,000 gpmone of the largest fireboats in North America[5]
William M. Feehan2015-66'x18'x3'8,000 gpm40 knots (74 km/h)[6]

References

  1. Brian J. Cudahy (1997). "Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York". Fordham University Press. pp. 83, 86, 249–250. ISBN 9780823217618. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  2. "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.
  3. Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). "Fireboats Through The Years". Retrieved 2015-06-28.
  4. Jon Gast (2017-01-03). "NYC fireboat finds new home in Door Co". Green Bay Press-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-01-05. t was neither of those momentous events that led directly to why that vessel finds itself in Door County, but rather another. The Kane was damaged in Hurricane Sandy, the epic superstorm that ravaged the East Coast in October 2012. The boat was also in need of a mechanical upgrade, so the city opted for a replacement and auctioned it off.
  5. 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.
  6. 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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