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Lewes, DE


New Page November 10, 2015       Updated February 22, 2020

DELAWARE BOATS
Bowers   Delaware City   Holloway Terrace   Leipsic  Lewes   Little Creek  
Port Penn   Slaughter Beach   South Bowers   Wilmington

LEWES FIRE BOAT

 

LEWES, DELAWARE
Marine 82-1
2009 Moose Boats M1-44
43' 8"' LOA - 16' beam - 25" draft
750 gpm
Aluminum catamaran hull, jet drives
Photos Nov 2015

Boat is docked along the Canary Creek north of Roosevelt Inlet
at the end of Pilottown Road in Lewes, Delaware. 

It protects a large area including the ferry from Cape May, NJ.
Response area includes approximately 15 miles of coastline,
about 25 Sq Mi of Delaware Bay and 50 Sq Mi of the Atlantic
as well as many inland waterways.

NOTE
The Lewes boat sunk at the dock in August 2018.
It was salvaged and sent out for repairs.

 

 

 


 

 

Lewes, DE

DELAWARE BOATS
Bowers   Delaware City   Holloway Terrace   Leipsic  Lewes   Little Creek  
Port Penn   Slaughter Beach   South Bowers   Wilmington

 

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