Smoke II (fireboat)

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The Fire Department of New York operated the fireboat Smoke II from 1958 to 2008.[1]

She was built in Louisiana, by Equitable Equipment.[2][3]

She was smaller than the dozen or so fireboats in the FDNY's fleet, and was originally built to serve as a command vessel for senior firefighters—called a "tender" by the FDNY.[1] In later years she was employed as a fireboat, but her modest pumping capacity of just 2,000 gallons per minute limited her usefulness.

With other New York City fireboats, her pumps provided water pressure for fire-fighting after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, which broke all the nearby watermains.[4]

In 2008 she was retired and became an artificial reef.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Smoke II Retires from FDNY Marine Fleet". FDNY. Retrieved 2016-03-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ The Waterways Journal, Volume 72, Issues 1-26. . 1958. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Paul Hashagen (2002). Fire Department, City of New York. Turner Publishing Company. p. 85. ISBN 9781563118326. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ^ Special Report: Fireboats; Then and Now. FEMA. p. 19. Retrieved March 2016. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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