Fireboats of New York City
# Fireboats of New York City

For much of the late 19th and early 20th century, New York City maintained a fleet of ten fireboats. In recent decades technology has improved to where smaller boats can provide the pumping capacity that required a large boat in the past. These smaller boats require smaller crews, and the crews themselves require less training. Like many other cities the FDNY operates a fleet with a smaller number of large fireboats, supplemented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.

some fireboats of the FDNY :

| name | commissioned | retired | dimensions | pumping capacity | notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| William F. Havemeyer | 1875 | 1901 | 106'x22'x10' | 6000 gpm | |
| Zophar Mills | 1882 | 1934 | 120'x25'x12' | 6000 gpm | |
| Seth Low | 1885 | 1917 | 99'x24'x9' | 3500 gpm | Brooklyn FD |
| The New Yorker | 1890 | 1931 | 125'x26'x12' | 13,000 gpm | |
| David A. Boody | 1892 | 1914 | 105'x23'x7' | 6500 gpm | |
| William L. Strong | 1898 | 1948 | 100'x24'x12.6' | 6500 gpm | |
| Robert A. van Wyck | 1898 | | | | |
| Abram S. Hewitt | 1903 | 1958 | 117'x25'x10'6" | 7000 gpm | |
| George B. McClellan | 1904 | 1954 | 117'x24'x9'6" | 7000 gpm | |
| James Duane | 1908 | 1959 | 132'x28'x10' | 9000 gpm | |
| Thomas Willett | 1908 | 1959 | 132'x28'x10' | 9000 gpm | |
| Cornelius W. Lawrence | 1908 | 1955 | 104'6"x23'6"x9' | 7000 gpm | |
| Velox | 1907 | 1922 | 68'x11'6"x7' | | |
| William J. Gaynor | 1914 | 1961 | 118'x25'x13.4' | 7000 gpm | |
| John Purroy Mitchel | 1921 | 1966 | 132'x27'x10' | 9000 gpm | |
| Captain Connell | 1922 | 1938 | 56'6"x12'x6'6" | | |
| John J. Harvey | 1931 | 1999 | 130'x28'x9' | 18,000 gpm | now a private excursion vessel |
| Fire Fighter | 1938 | 1999 | 134'x32'x9' | 20,000 gpm | Now a museum ship |
| Smoke | 1938 | 1955 | 53'x7'x3.5' | | |
| John D. Mc Kean | 1954 | 2010 | 129'x30'x9' | 19,000 gpm | held in retired status |
| H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks | 1958 | 1972 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | |
| Harry M. Archer M. D. | 1958 | 1994 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | |
| Smoke II | 1958 | 2008 | 52'x14'x4' | 2000 gpm | |
| Senator Robert F. Wagner | 1959 | 1993 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | |
| Governor Alfred E. Smith | 1961 | 2015 | 105'6"x27'x9' | 8000 gpm | |
| John H. Glenn, Jr. | 1962 | 1977 | 70'x21'x5' | 5000 gpm | Now serving in Washington DC |
| John P. Devaney | 1992 | 1994 | 70'x19'x5'4" | 7075 gpm | named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty |
| Alfred E. Ronaldson | 1992 | 1994 | 70'x19'x5'4" | 7075 gpm | named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty |
| Kevin C. Kane | 1992 | 2013 | 52'x16'x4'6" | 6500 gpm | auctioned off after receiving damage during Hurricane Sandy. |
| Bravest | 2011 | - | 64'x17'x3'4" | 6000 gpm | fastest fireboat of its size |
| Fire Fighter II | 2010 | - | 140'x36'x9' | 50,000 gpm | one of the largest fireboats in North America |
| Three Forty Three | 2010 | - | 140'x36'x9' | 50,000 gpm | one of the largest fireboats in North America |
| William M. Feehan | 2015 | - | 66'x18'x3' | 8,000 gpm | 40 knots (74 km/h) |
