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Original Feature Posted April 26, 2004 - Re-launched January 28, 2012
New Page Added May 13, 2021

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Chicago Marine Safety Station

May 2021


 

CHICAGO
 

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CHICAGO MARINE UNIT 6-8-5
"Eugene Blackmon"

2009 Lake Assault 33' Landing Craft Style Fireboat
Originally Fast Boat 6-8-8
Reassigned as 6-8-5 in 2016

Photos May 2021

 

CHICAGO MARINE UNIT 6-8-8

2016 Brunswick Challenger 35' ALS Fast Fireboat
Approx 1000 gpm
 

Photos May 2021

 

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NEW BOAT
CHICAGO MARINE UNIT 6-8-9

2022 Metal Shark 38' Defiant 1000 gpm  Fast Fireboat

August 2022

STORY

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CHICAGO MARINE UNITS

The old 1949 92' Chicago Fireboat "Engine 58" "Victor Schlaeger" at the Chicago Marine Safety Station
with the 2011 90' "Engine 2" Fireboat "Christopher Wheatley" in May 2021.

 

 

 

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