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As one of the busiest ports in the worlds authorities have long maintained a fleet of '''Fireboats of New York City'''.<ref name=Marine1FdnyHistory/>
For much of the late 19th and early 20th Century New York 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.<ref name=AroundManhattan/>
'''Fireboats of New York City''' is a catalog of present and past [[Fireboat|fireboat]]s used in the city since the late 19th century.<ref name=Marine1FdnyHistory/>  As one of the busiest ports in the world, New York City has often maintained a fleet of as many as ten fireboats. 
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, supplmented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.<ref name=Fdny2012AnnualReport/>
 
In recent decades technology has improved to where smaller boats can provide the pumping capacity that required a large boat in the past.<ref name=AroundManhattan/> 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, supplmented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.<ref name=Fdny2012AnnualReport/>


{| class="wikitable"  
{| class="wikitable"  
|+ some fireboats of the FDNY<ref name=Marine1FdnyHistory/>
|+ some fireboats of the FDNY<ref name=Marine1FdnyHistory/>  
|-
|-
! image || name || commissioned || retired || dimensions || pumping<br>capacity || notes
! image || name || commissioned || retired || dimensions || pumping<br>capacity || notes
|-
|-
| [[File:FDNY fireboat William F. Havermeyer.jpg|75px]] || [[William Frederick Havemeyer (fireboat)|''William F. Havemeyer'']] || 1875 || 1901 || 106'x22'x10' || 6000 gpm ||
| [[File:FDNY FB Fuller 2- Landers-Oct2018-.jpg | 75px]] || [[John Fuller (tugboat)|''John Fuller'']] || 1865 || 1875 || || || A chartered tug that provided firefighting prior to city purchasing a fireboat.<ref name=NYTimes1972-10-29/>
|-
|-
| [[File:FDNY fireboat Zophar Mills in 1882.jpg|75px]] || ''[[Zophar Mills]]'' || 1882 || 1934 || 120'x25'x12' || 6000 gpm ||
| [[File:FDNY fireboat William F. Havermeyer.jpg|75px]] || [[William Frederick Havemeyer (fireboat)|''William F. Havemeyer'']] || 1875 || 1901 || 106'x22'x10' || 6000 gpm || The first fireboat owned by New York City.<ref name=NYTimes1944-07-24/>
|-
| [[File:FDNY fireboat Zophar Mills in 1882.jpg|75px]] || ''[[Zophar Mills (fireboat)|Zophar Mills]]'' || 1882 || 1934 || 120'x25'x12' || 6000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Brooklyn fireboat Seth Low.jpg|75px]] || [[Seth Low (fireboat)|''Seth Low'']] || 1885 || 1917 || 99'x24'x9' || 3500 gpm || Brooklyn FD
| [[File:Brooklyn fireboat Seth Low.jpg|75px]] || [[Seth Low (fireboat)|''Seth Low'']] || 1885 || 1917 || 99'x24'x9' || 3500 gpm || Brooklyn FD
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| [[File:(King1893NYC) pg545 FIRE-BOAT 'NEW-YORKER' AT CASTLE-GARDEN BULKHEAD.jpg|75px]] || [[The New Yorker (fireboat)|''The New Yorker'']] || 1890 || 1931 || 125'x26'x12' || 13,000 gpm ||
| [[File:(King1893NYC) pg545 FIRE-BOAT 'NEW-YORKER' AT CASTLE-GARDEN BULKHEAD.jpg|75px]] || [[The New Yorker (fireboat)|''The New Yorker'']] || 1890 || 1931 || 125'x26'x12' || 13,000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || [[David A. Boody (fireboat)|''David A. Boody'']] || 1892 || 1914 || 105'x23'x7' || 6500 gpm
| [[File:Fireboat David A. Boody.jpg|75px]] || [[David A. Boody (fireboat)|''David A. Boody'']] || 1892 || 1914 || 105'x23'x7' || 6500 gpm
|-
|-
| || [[William L. Strong (fireboat)|''William L. Strong'']] || 1898 || 1948 || 100'x24'x12.6' || 6500 gpm ||
| [[File:FDNY FB Robt A Van Wyck 2-.jpg | 75px]] || [[William L. Strong (fireboat)|''William L. Strong'']] || 1898 || 1948 || 100'x24'x12.6' || 6500 gpm ||
|-
|-
| [[Image:Fire Boat, 'Abram S. Hewitt', during the 1905 Terminal Fire, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked May 9, 1908.jpg|75px]] || [[Abram S. Hewitt (fireboat)|''Abram S. Hewitt'']] || 1903 || 1958 || 117'x25'x10'6" || 7000 gpm ||
| [[Image:Fire Boat, 'Abram S. Hewitt', during the 1905 Terminal Fire, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked May 9, 1908.jpg|75px]] || [[Abram S. Hewitt (fireboat)|''Abram S. Hewitt'']] || 1903 || 1958 || 117'x25'x10'6" || 7000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || [[George B. McClellan (fireboat)|''George B. McClellan'']] || 1904 || 1954 || 117'x24'x9'6" || 7000 gpm ||
| [[File:Profile_of_the_FDNY_George_B._McClellan.png|75px]] || [[George B. McClellan (fireboat)|''George B. McClellan'']] || 1904 || 1954 || 117'x24'x9'6" || 7000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || [[James Duane (fireboat)|''James Duane'']] || 1908 || 1959 || 132'x28'x10' || 9000 gpm ||
| [[File:The_FDNY_James_Duane_-a.jpg|75px]] || [[James Duane (fireboat)|''James Duane'']] || 1908 || 1959 || 132'x28'x10' || 9000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || [[Thomas Willett (fireboat)|''Thomas Willett'']] || 1908 || 1959 || 132'x28'x10' || 9000 gpm ||
| [[File:FDNY fireboat Thomas Willett, 1908-07-04.jpg|75px]] || [[Thomas Willett (fireboat)|''Thomas Willett'']] || 1908 || 1959 || 132'x28'x10' || 9000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || ''[[Cornelius W. Lawrence]]'' || 1908 || 1955 || 104'6"x23'6"x9' || 7000 gpm ||
| || ''[[Cornelius W. Lawrence (fireboat)|Cornelius W. Lawrence]]'' || 1908 || 1955 || 104'6"x23'6"x9' || 7000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || [[Velox (fireboat)|''Velox'']] || 1907 || 1922 || 68'x11'6"x7' || ||
| [[File:FDNY Launch Velox in 1908.jpg | 75px]] || [[Velox (fireboat)|''Velox'']] || 1907 || 1922 || 68'x11'6"x7' || ||
|-
|-
| || [[William J. Gaynor (fireboat)|''William J. Gaynor'']] || 1914 || 1961 || 118'x25'x13.4' || 7000 gpm ||
| [[File:Fireboat William J. Gaynor, in 1915 - MNY224077.jpg|75px]] || [[William J. Gaynor (fireboat)|''William J. Gaynor'']] || 1914 || 1961 || 118'x25'x13.4' || 7000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || [[John Purroy Mitchel (fireboat)|''John Purroy Mitchel'']] || 1921 || 1966 || 132'x27'x10' || 9000 gpm ||
| || [[John Purroy Mitchel (fireboat)|''John Purroy Mitchel'']] || 1921 || 1966 || 132'x27'x10' || 9000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || ''[[Captain Connell]]'' || 1922 || 1938 || 56'6"x12'x6'6" || ||
| || ''[[Captain Connell (fireboat)|Captain Connell]]'' || 1922 || 1938 || 56'6"x12'x6'6" || ||
|-
|-
| [[File:John J Harvey P66a cloudy jeh.jpg|75px]] || ''[[John J. Harvey]]'' || 1931 || 1999 || 130'x28'x9' || 18,000 gpm || now a private excursion vessel
| [[File:John J Harvey P66a cloudy jeh.jpg|75px]] || ''[[John J. Harvey (fireboat)|John J. Harvey]]'' || 1931 || 1999 || 130'x28'x9' || 18,000 gpm || now a private excursion vessel
|-
|-
| [[File:Firefighter-nhl.JPG|75px]] || [[Fire fighter (fireboat)|''Fire fighter'']] || 1938 || 1999 || 134'x32'x9' || 20,000 gpm || Now a museum ship
| [[File:Firefighter-nhl.JPG|75px]] || [[Fire fighter (fireboat)|''Fire fighter'']] || 1938 || 1999 || 134'x32'x9' || 20,000 gpm || Now a museum ship
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| [[File:McKean fireboat jeh.jpg|75px]] || [[John D. McKean (fireboat)|''John D. Mc Kean'']] || 1954 || 2010 || 129'x30'x9' || 19,000 gpm || held in retired status
| [[File:McKean fireboat jeh.jpg|75px]] || [[John D. McKean (fireboat)|''John D. Mc Kean'']] || 1954 || 2010 || 129'x30'x9' || 19,000 gpm || held in retired status
|-
|-
| || ''[[H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks]]'' || 1958 || 1972 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
| || ''[[H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks (fireboat)|H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks]]'' || 1958 || 1972 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || ''[[Harry M. Archer M. D.]]'' || 1958 || 1994 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
| || ''[[Harry M. Archer M. D. (fireboat)|Harry M. Archer M. D.]]'' || 1958 || 1994 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| || ''[[Smoke II (fireboat)|''Smoke II'']] || 1958 || 2008 || 52'x14'x4' || 2000 gpm ||
| || ''[[Smoke II (fireboat)|''Smoke II'']] || 1958 || 2008 || 52'x14'x4' || 2000 gpm ||
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| || [[Senator Robert F. Wagner (fireboat)|''Senator Robert F. Wagner'']] || 1959 || 1993 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
| || [[Senator Robert F. Wagner (fireboat)|''Senator Robert F. Wagner'']] || 1959 || 1993 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Gov Alfred E Smith fireboat.jpg|75px]] || [[Governor Alfred E. Smith (fireboat)|''Governor Alfred E. Smith'']] || 1961 || ? || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
| [[File:Gov Alfred E Smith fireboat.jpg|75px]] || [[Governor Alfred E. Smith (fireboat)|''Governor Alfred E. Smith'']] || 1961 || 2015 || 105'6"x27'x9' || 8000 gpm ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Washington DC - DCFD fireboat John H Glenn Jr 02 - 2010-09-16.jpg|75px]] || [[John H. Glenn, Jr. (fireboat)|''John H. Glenn, Jr.'']] || 1962 || 1977 || 70'x21'x5' || 5000 gpm || Now serving in [[Washington DC]]
| [[File:Washington DC - DCFD fireboat John H Glenn Jr 02 - 2010-09-16.jpg|75px]] || [[John H. Glenn, Jr. (fireboat)|''John H. Glenn, Jr.'']] || 1962 || 1977 || 70'x21'x5' || 5000 gpm || Now serving in [[Washington DC]]
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| || [[Alfred E. Ronaldson (fireboat)|''Alfred E. Ronaldson'']] || 1992 || 1994 || 70'x19'x5'4" || 7075 gpm || named after a [[Alfred E. Ronaldson (firefighter)|firefighter]] who died in the line of duty
| || [[Alfred E. Ronaldson (fireboat)|''Alfred E. Ronaldson'']] || 1992 || 1994 || 70'x19'x5'4" || 7075 gpm || named after a [[Alfred E. Ronaldson (firefighter)|firefighter]] who died in the line of duty
|-
|-
| || ''[[Kevin C. Kane]]'' || 1992 || ? || 52'x16'x4'6" || 6500 gpm ||
| [[File:FDNY fireboat Kevin Kane salutes The United States Coast Guard cutter 020522-N-2383B-509.jpg | 75px]] || ''[[Kevin C. Kane (fireboat)|Kevin C. Kane]]'' || 1992 || ? || 52'x16'x4'6" || 6500 gpm ||
|-
|-
| [[File:Fireboat Bravest -a.jpg|75px]] || [[Bravest (fireboat)|''Bravest'']] || 2011 || - || 64'x17' || 6000 gpm || fastest fireboat of its size<ref name=SafeBoatsBravest/>
| [[File:Fireboat Bravest -a.jpg|75px]] || [[Bravest (fireboat)|''Bravest'']] || 2011 || - || 64'x17' || 6000 gpm || fastest fireboat of its size<ref name=SafeBoatsBravest/>
|-
|-
| [[File:Fire fighter 2.jpg|75px]] || ''[[Fire Fighter II]]'' || 2010 || - || || 50,000 gpm || one of the largest fireboats in North America<ref name=SafeBoatsBravest/>
| [[File:Fire fighter 2.jpg|75px]] || ''[[Fire Fighter II (fireboat)|Fire Fighter II]]'' || 2010 || - || || 50,000 gpm || one of the largest fireboats in North America<ref name=SafeBoatsBravest/>
|-
|-
| [[File:Peter Stehlik - FDNY Three Forty Three - 2012.05.17.jpg|75px]] || ''[[Three Forty Three]]'' || 2010 || - || || 50,000 gpm || one of the largest fireboats in North America<ref name=SafeBoatsBravest/>
| [[File:Peter Stehlik - FDNY Three Forty Three - 2012.05.17.jpg|75px]] || ''[[Three Forty Three (fireboat)|Three Forty Three]]'' || 2010 || - || || 50,000 gpm || one of the largest fireboats in North America<ref name=SafeBoatsBravest/>
|-
|-
| || [[William M. Feehan (fireboat)|''William M. Feehan'']] || 2015 || - || 68' || 8,000 gpm ||` {{convert|40|knots|kph}}<ref name=KingstonWhig2015-08-06/>
| [[File:F-B William M. Feehan .jpg|75px]] || [[William M. Feehan (fireboat)|''William M. Feehan'']] || 2015 || - || 68' || 8,000 gpm ||` 40 knots<ref name=KingstonWhig2015-08-06/>
|}
|}


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| title      = Fireboats on job in city a century
| work        = [[New York Times]]
| author      = Edward Hudson
| date        = 1972-10-29
| page        = 63
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Fireboats of New York City is a catalog of present and past fireboats used in the city since the late 19th century.[1] As one of the busiest ports in the world, New York City has often maintained a fleet of as many as 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.[2] 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, supplmented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.[3]

some fireboats of the FDNY[1]
image name commissioned retired dimensions pumping
capacity		 notes
FDNY FB Fuller 2- Landers-Oct2018-.jpg John Fuller 1865 1875 A chartered tug that provided firefighting prior to city purchasing a fireboat.[4]
FDNY fireboat William F. Havermeyer.jpg William F. Havemeyer 1875 1901 106'x22'x10' 6000 gpm The first fireboat owned by New York City.[5]
FDNY fireboat Zophar Mills in 1882.jpg Zophar Mills 1882 1934 120'x25'x12' 6000 gpm
Brooklyn fireboat Seth Low.jpg Seth Low 1885 1917 99'x24'x9' 3500 gpm Brooklyn FD
(King1893NYC) pg545 FIRE-BOAT 'NEW-YORKER' AT CASTLE-GARDEN BULKHEAD.jpg The New Yorker 1890 1931 125'x26'x12' 13,000 gpm
Fireboat David A. Boody.jpg David A. Boody 1892 1914 105'x23'x7' 6500 gpm
FDNY FB Robt A Van Wyck 2-.jpg William L. Strong 1898 1948 100'x24'x12.6' 6500 gpm
Fire Boat, 'Abram S. Hewitt', during the 1905 Terminal Fire, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked May 9, 1908.jpg Abram S. Hewitt 1903 1958 117'x25'x10'6" 7000 gpm
Profile of the FDNY George B. McClellan.png George B. McClellan 1904 1954 117'x24'x9'6" 7000 gpm
The FDNY James Duane -a.jpg James Duane 1908 1959 132'x28'x10' 9000 gpm
FDNY fireboat Thomas Willett, 1908-07-04.jpg Thomas Willett 1908 1959 132'x28'x10' 9000 gpm
Cornelius W. Lawrence 1908 1955 104'6"x23'6"x9' 7000 gpm
FDNY Launch Velox in 1908.jpg Velox 1907 1922 68'x11'6"x7'
Fireboat William J. Gaynor, in 1915 - MNY224077.jpg William J. Gaynor 1914 1961 118'x25'x13.4' 7000 gpm
John Purroy Mitchel 1921 1966 132'x27'x10' 9000 gpm
Captain Connell 1922 1938 56'6"x12'x6'6"
John J Harvey P66a cloudy jeh.jpg John J. Harvey 1931 1999 130'x28'x9' 18,000 gpm now a private excursion vessel
Firefighter-nhl.JPG Fire fighter 1938 1999 134'x32'x9' 20,000 gpm Now a museum ship
Smoke 1938 1955 53'x7'x3.5'
McKean fireboat jeh.jpg John D. Mc Kean 1954 2010 129'x30'x9' 19,000 gpm held in retired status
H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks 1958 1972 105'6"x27'x9' 8000 gpm
Harry M. Archer M. D. 1958 1994 105'6"x27'x9' 8000 gpm
Smoke II 1958 2008 52'x14'x4' 2000 gpm
Senator Robert F. Wagner 1959 1993 105'6"x27'x9' 8000 gpm
Gov Alfred E Smith fireboat.jpg Governor Alfred E. Smith 1961 2015 105'6"x27'x9' 8000 gpm
Washington DC - DCFD fireboat John H Glenn Jr 02 - 2010-09-16.jpg John H. Glenn, Jr. 1962 1977 70'x21'x5' 5000 gpm Now serving in Washington DC
John P. Devaney 1992 1994 70'x19'x5'4" 7075 gpm named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty
Alfred E. Ronaldson 1992 1994 70'x19'x5'4" 7075 gpm named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty
FDNY fireboat Kevin Kane salutes The United States Coast Guard cutter 020522-N-2383B-509.jpg Kevin C. Kane 1992 ? 52'x16'x4'6" 6500 gpm
Fireboat Bravest -a.jpg Bravest 2011 - 64'x17' 6000 gpm fastest fireboat of its size[6]
Fire fighter 2.jpg Fire Fighter II 2010 - 50,000 gpm one of the largest fireboats in North America[6]
Peter Stehlik - FDNY Three Forty Three - 2012.05.17.jpg Three Forty Three 2010 - 50,000 gpm one of the largest fireboats in North America[6]
F-B William M. Feehan .jpg William M. Feehan 2015 - 68' 8,000 gpm ` 40 knots[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). Fireboats Through The Years. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  2. ↑ Brian J. Cudahy. Around Manhattan Island, Fordham University Press, 1997, pp. 83, 86. Retrieved on 2015-06-29.
  3. ↑ FDNY Annual Report 2012, FDNY, 2012. Retrieved on 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.”
  4. ↑ Edward Hudson. Fireboats on job in city a century, New York Times, 1972-10-29, p. 63. Retrieved on 2017-11-09.
  5. ↑ James H. Ford, 99, Civil War Veteran: Drummer Boy in '61, Captain of City's First Fireboat, Dies —Once a Texas Ranger, New York Times, 1944-07-24, p. 15. Retrieved on 2017-11-09.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Peter Marsh. SAFE Boats International Delivers One of the World's Fastest Fireboats to New York: The 64-foot Bravest Made Its Debut in Seattle, NW Yachting magazine, February 2011. Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
  7. ↑ Peter Kennedy. Kingston-built fireboat immortalizes 9/11 victim, Kingston Whig Standard, 2015-08-06. Retrieved on 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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