Duwamish (fireboat)
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Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, Seattle
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Duwamish |
Builder | Richmond Beach Shipbuilding Co. |
Launched | 1909 |
Out of service | 1985 |
Status | Museum ship |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 322 tons (gross) |
Length | 120 ft (37 m) |
Beam | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
Depth | 9.6 ft (2.9 m) |
Installed power | Compound marine steam engines |
Speed | 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) |
Duwamish (fireboat) | |
Coordinates | 47°37′41″N 122°20′11″W / 47.62818°N 122.33652°W |
Built | 1909 |
Architect | Richmond Beach Shipbuilding Co. |
NRHP reference No. | 89001448 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 30, 1989[1] |
Designated NHL | June 30, 1989[2] |
Duwamish is a retired fireboat in the United States.[2] She is the second oldest vessel designed to fight fires in the US, after Edward M. Cotter, in Buffalo, New York.[3]
Career
Duwamish was built in 1909 for the
On July 30, 1914, Duwamish was involved in fighting the fire on the Grand Trunk Pacific dock. In the 1930s, as a cost-saving measure, the Seattle City Council directed that Duwamish be used as a tug to push the city's garbage scow.[5]
After an upgrade in 1949, the
Duwamish is 120 feet (36.6 m) long with a 28-foot (8.5 m) beam and a 9.6-foot (2.9 m) draft.[4] Her registered gross tonnage is 322 short tons (292 t).
Current status
Retired in 1985, Duwamish was purchased by the Puget Sound Fireboat Foundation.
Duwamish was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][12]
She is a
See also
- Historic preservation
- DuwamishNative American tribe
- Duwamish River
- Sea Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b c "DUWAMISH (Fireboat)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ a b Delgado, James P. (1988). "Duwamish Fireboat: National Historic Landmark Study". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ a b "National Park Service - Maritime Heritage Program: HISTORIC SHIPS TO VISIT". National Park Service. August 17, 2006. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ Newell, Robert G. (1957). Pacific Tugboats. Seattle: Superior Publishing.
- ^ "Fireboat Duwamish history". Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Fireboat Duwamish the boat". Archived from the original on March 1, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Los Angeles Fire Boat No. 2, The Warner L. Lawrence". lafire.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Puget Sound Fireboat Foundation". Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ a b
Hsu, Charlotte (August 18, 2006). "A new life for an old boat?". Seattle Times. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
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Broom, Jack (December 29, 2012). "History afloat outside MOHAI". Seattle Times. Archived from the originalon November 17, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
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Delgado, James P. (July 9, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Duwamish / Fireboat Duwamish" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved June 22, 2009. and
"Accompanying 10 photos, exterior and interior, from 1988 and 1929". Retrieved August 29, 2012.
External links
- Biography of Eugene L. McAllaster, designer of Duwamish.
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WA-174, "Fireboat DUWAMISH, South Lake Union Pier, Seattle, King County, WA", 27 photos, 2 color transparencies, 5 data pages, 4 photo caption pages