FDNY Fireboat Firefighter
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.
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.
Firefighter was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.
Firefighter continues to serve today but is scheduled to be retired and replaced by the fireboat Firefighter II. [Wikipedia]
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| Designer | Gibbs & Cox |
| Builder | United Ship Yards - Staten Island, NY |
| Launched | August 26, 1938 |
| Lenght | 134 feet |
| Beam | 32 feet |
| Draws | 9 feet |
| Displacement | 600 Tons |
| Power | Diesel Electric Two 16 Cylinder engines - 1500 HP each at 750 RPM |
| Propulsion | Twin screws - 3 blades each, 6 foot diameter |
| Fire Pumps | Four 2 stage fire pumps - 5000 GPM each at 150 PSI |