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New York City, New York Fireboat Station
Marine Co.9
The "Fire Fighter"
Staten Island
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The "Fire Fighter" at birth, Staten Island

The "Fire Fighter" was built at a ship yard in Staten Island in 1938.
It is 134' in length, with a 32' beam and 9' draft.


The "Fire Fighter" is perhaps the most famous fireboat ever built.

Fire Fighter has a 20,000 gpm fire pump.


The "Fire Fighter" at birth at Staten Island has a panoramic view of the
entire
New York City harbor from the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to Manhattan.








The Manhattan skyline from the birth of the Fire Fighter.
April 2005 photos



A 1986 view of lower Manhattan.

The John Harvey at Derecktor Shipyard, Bridgeport, CT July 2007

Harvey July 2007
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