Retired New York City fireboat
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Fireboat_John_J._Harvey_1.jpg/200px-Fireboat_John_J._Harvey_1.jpg) Fireboat
John J. Harvey
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History
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New York City Fire Department
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Name
| John J. Harvey
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Namesake
| John J. Harvey
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Port of registry
| New York City
, United States
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Ordered
| 1928
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Builder
| Todd Shipbuilding
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Cost
| $594,000
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Laid down
| 1930
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Launched
| October 6, 1931
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Commissioned
| December 17, 1931
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In service
| December 17, 1931
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Out of service
| 1995
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Renamed
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- Engine 57 (1931)
- Engine 86 (1938)
- Marine 2 (1959)(2001)
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Reclassified
| Museum ship
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Refit
| 1957
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Reinstated
| Temporary return to service
9/11/2001
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Homeport
| North River Pier 66
, New York City (As of 2019)
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Nickname(s)
| The "Harvey"
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Honors and
awards
| National Preservation Award
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Status
| FDNY
retired
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General characteristics
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Type
| Fireboat
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Displacement
| 268 net tons
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Length
| 130 ft (40 m)
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Beam
| 28 ft (8.5 m)
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Draught
| 9 ft (2.7 m)
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Installed power
| 5 Fairbanks - Morse opposed piston Model 38F5¼ which consist of 8 cylinders with 16 pistons.
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Propulsion
| Twin screws
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Speed
| 18 knots
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Capacity
| 18,000gpm
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Armament
| Eight deck monitors and 24 large connections for fire hose
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Location in United States
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Coordinates
| 40°45′0″N
74°0′39″W
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40.75000°N 74.01083°W
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40.75000; -74.01083
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Built
| 1931
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Built by
| Todd Shipyards
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Architect
| Henry J. Gielow
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NRHP reference
No.
| 00000576
[1]
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Added to NRHP
| June 15, 2000
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John J. Harvey
is a
fireboat
formerly of the
New York City Fire Department (FDNY)
in
New York City
, famed for returning to service following the
September 11, 2001 attacks
.
[2]
[3]
She is one of the most powerful fireboats ever built, capable of pumping up to 18,000 gallons of water a minute.
New York Fire Department Service
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Launched in 1931,
John J. Harvey
served in the
FDNY
until she was brought out of service in 1994. She was named for marine fireman John J. Harvey, killed when a ship exploded during a fire. Among the marine fires at which she assisted were the
Cunard Line
pier fire in 1932, the burning of
Normandie
in 1942, the ammunition ship
El Estero
in 1943,
[4]
and
the collision
of the
oil tankers
Alva Cape
and
Texaco Massachusetts
in 1966. Her official designation at the end of her career was
Marine 2
.
John J. Harvey
was sold at auction in 1999 to a private consortium of marine
preservationists
determined to prevent her from being
scrapped
. She was restored and host frequent free trips on the river. In June 2000 she was added to the
National Park Service
's
National Register of Historic Places
.
September 11, 2001
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Shortly after the attacks on the
World Trade Center
on
September 11, 2001
, the boat's owners asked FDNY officials for permission to assist in
maritime evacuations
from
Ground Zero
.
[5]
Meanwhile, firefighters had determined that the vast scale of destruction had damaged many fire mains, depriving fire crews of water. Officials radioed
John J. Harvey,
asking if her pumps still worked. Responding that they did, she was told to drop off her passengers as soon as possible and return to the disaster site, reactivating her official designation
Marine 2
. Alongside two other FDNY fireboats,
John D. McKean
and
Fire Fighter
, she pumped water at the site for 80 hours, until water mains were restored.
[6]
The
National Trust for Historic Preservation
gave
John J. Harvey
a special National Preservation Award to recognize this incident.
The ship's response became the subject of a 2002
children's book
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Recent History
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In 2018, she was repainted in a red and white dazzle pattern as part of an art project by
Tauba Auerbach
, in commemoration of the
dazzle camouflage
used on World War I ships.
[7]
The fireboat is currently moored at
North River Pier 66a
, located at
12th Avenue
and
26th Street
on the
Hudson River
, alongside the Lightship Frying Pan at the barge for Pier 66 Maritime in Hudson River Park.
Gallery
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References
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Notes
Further reading
External links
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Media related to
John J. Harvey (ship, 1931)
at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Historic American Engineering Record
(HAER) No. NY-335, "
Fireboat JOHN J. HARVEY, Pier 63, North River, New York, New York County, NY
", 9 photos, 7 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- Ship information and current position
at
MarineTraffic.com
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