The New Yorker (fireboat)
_pg545_FIRE-BOAT_%27NEW-YORKER%27_AT_CASTLE-GARDEN_BULKHEAD.jpg) FDNY fireboat The New Yorker, moored at Castle-Garden
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | The New Yorker |
| Owner | New York City |
| Operator | Fire Department of New York City |
| Launched | April 5, 1890 |
| In service | 1890 |
| Out of service | 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fireboat |
The New Yorker was a fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1890 to 1931.[1][2][3] She was launched on April 5, 1890 in the presence of Fire Commissioner S. Howland Robbins.[4]
Her pumps were capable of projecting 13,000 gallons per minute.[1] As the Fire Department's most powerful vessel she was considered the fleet's flagship, until her retirement in 1931, when she was replaced by John J. Harvey.
Operational career[edit]
On January 18, 1909, the crew of The New Yorker rescued a young woman who had slipped on the ice on the seawall near their boat, and fallen into the river.[5] Two observers had jumped in after Albertine Decquer, and the fireboat's crew rescued all three.
On June 9, 1922, The New Yorker rescued Fannie Schecht, a well-dressed young woman who was seen trying to make her way to shore, in the middle of the Hudson.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Brian J. Cudahy (1997). "Around Manhattan Island". Fordham University Press. pp. 83, 86. ISBN 9780823217618. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
- ^ Clarence E. Meek (July 1954). "Fireboats Through The Years". Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ^ "City Fireboat, 43 Years Old, To Be Aactioned Off Today". The New York Times. 1932-10-27. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ "New York's New Fireboat". The Brooklyn Citizen. April 6, 1890.
- ^ "LEAP FROM BATTERY TO RESCUE GIRL". The New York Times. 1909-01-18. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
- ^ "RESCUED FROM THE HUDSON; Young Woman, Half Drowned, Is Saved by Fireboat New Yorker". The New York Times. 1922-06-09. Retrieved 2018-11-25.