Fireboat No. 1 (Tacoma, Wash.)

Infobox_nrhp | name ="Fireboat No. 1"
nrhp_type =nhl

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caption =Fire Boat No. 1
location= Tacoma, WA
lat_degrees = 47 | lat_minutes = 16 | lat_seconds = 56.27 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 122 | long_minutes = 28 | long_seconds = 49.47 | long_direction = W
area =
built =1929
architect= T.M. Rowlands; Coast Line Shipbuilding Co.
architecture=
designated= June 19, 1980cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1863&ResourceType=Structure
title=FIREBOAT NO. 1 (Tacoma) |accessdate=2008-06-26|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = December 02, 1983
governing_body = Local
refnum=83004254 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Fireboat No. 1 was built in 1929 for the Port of Tacoma by the Coastline Shipbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington for US$148,000. She is 96 feet 6 inches (29.4 m) long with a 21 foot (6.4 m), six-inch (152 mm) beam and a six-foot (1.8 m) draft. Her seven water cannons have a capacity of 10,000 US gallons per minute (630 L/s). The vessel is the only fireboat in U.S. history to protect a major port by itself for more than half a century.

After 54 years of service in waterfront fire protection, harbor security patrols, search and rescue missions, and water pollution control, "Fireboat No. 1" was put up on on a permanent dry berth at a public beach near Tacoma’s Old Town neighborhood. She is one of only five fireboats designated as a National Historic Landmark. Visitors are able to walk around her exterior, but her interior is closed to the public.

ee also

*Historic preservation
*National Historic Landmark

References

External links

* [http://www.maritimeheritage.net Maritime Heritage Network]