Virtual Globetrotting: Sea - Fireboats http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2009 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:16:06 -0700 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Fire boats]]> Fire boats
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@ 2009-09-04 16:16:06]]> Fire boats
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@ 2009-09-04 16:16:06]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fire-boats/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fire-boats/ Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:16:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fire-boats/ 39.26637600 -76.57854400 <![CDATA[Mystery Shrimp Boat Monument]]> Mystery Shrimp Boat Monument
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@ 2008-09-11 10:58:39
Her name is Mystery. She was built of out of cypress in 1940 in Louisiana by boat builder S. Klonaris. Measuring more than 60 feet in topside length, 17 feet wide and weighing more than 40 tons, this wide-hulled boat was built for strength and durability. When first built, she was 'top of the line'. By 1964, only 25 years after her construction, she was an old lady. She had become obsolete. Her final captain was Billy Larry Ledet.

The former shrimp trawler mystery honors historic, colorful shrimp industry of Brazosport area. 60-foot boat, built of cypress timber more than five decades ago, brought in millions of pounds of delicious Gulf shrimp during her quarter-century career. Rigged in trappings of her youth, mystery is on display at head of Brazosport harbor channel on Texas 288.]]> Mystery Shrimp Boat Monument
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Her name is Mystery. She was built of out of cypress in 1940 in Louisiana by boat builder S. Klonaris. Measuring more than 60 feet in topside length, 17 feet wide and weighing more than 40 tons, this wide-hulled boat was built for strength and durability. When first built, she was 'top of the line'. By 1964, only 25 years after her construction, she was an old lady. She had become obsolete. Her final captain was Billy Larry Ledet.

The former shrimp trawler mystery honors historic, colorful shrimp industry of Brazosport area. 60-foot boat, built of cypress timber more than five decades ago, brought in millions of pounds of delicious Gulf shrimp during her quarter-century career. Rigged in trappings of her youth, mystery is on display at head of Brazosport harbor channel on Texas 288.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mystery-shrimp-boat-monument/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mystery-shrimp-boat-monument/ Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:58:39 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/mystery-shrimp-boat-monument/ 28.96389600 -95.37344300 <![CDATA[Danish Fireboat in action]]> Danish Fireboat in action
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@ 2008-07-23 12:37:38]]> Danish Fireboat in action
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@ 2008-07-23 12:37:28]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/danish-fireboat/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/danish-fireboat/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:37:28 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/danish-fireboat/ 55.55823501 9.75592125 <![CDATA[Fireboat 'Victor L. Schlaeger' spraying water]]> Fireboat 'Victor L. Schlaeger' spraying water
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@ 2008-07-17 11:06:51]]> Fireboat 'Victor L. Schlaeger' spraying water
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@ 2008-07-17 11:06:51]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat-victor-l-schlaeger-spraying-water/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat-victor-l-schlaeger-spraying-water/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:06:51 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat-victor-l-schlaeger-spraying-water/ 41.89335300 -87.59737500 <![CDATA[Fireboat]]> Fireboat
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@ 2007-02-15 10:41:28]]> Fireboat
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@ 2007-02-15 10:41:28]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat/ Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:41:28 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat/ 59.73077800 10.24474500 <![CDATA[Former USS Dekaury (YTB-178) tugboat / fireboat]]> Former USS Dekaury (YTB-178) tugboat / fireboat
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Former USS Dekaury (YTB-178) tugboat / fireboat
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@ 2007-01-01 19:54:06
Dekaury, a 260-ton harbor tug built at Jacksonville, Florida, was placed in service in early 1943. Initially assigned to the First Naval District, in New England, she was reclassified YTB-178 in May 1944. In 1946, she was transferred to the 12th Naval District, in the San Francisco Bay area. Laid up in 1947-50, Dekaury was returned to service at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in September 1950 and remained active into the 1980s. Reclassified YTM-178 in the 1960s, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1985.

After her time in the Navy she became the fire boat for the port of Stockton, California. And recently returned to San Francisco Bay.]]> Former USS Dekaury (YTB-178) tugboat / fireboat
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Dekaury, a 260-ton harbor tug built at Jacksonville, Florida, was placed in service in early 1943. Initially assigned to the First Naval District, in New England, she was reclassified YTB-178 in May 1944. In 1946, she was transferred to the 12th Naval District, in the San Francisco Bay area. Laid up in 1947-50, Dekaury was returned to service at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in September 1950 and remained active into the 1980s. Reclassified YTM-178 in the 1960s, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1985.

After her time in the Navy she became the fire boat for the port of Stockton, California. And recently returned to San Francisco Bay.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/former-uss-dekaury-ytb-178-tugboat-fireboat/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/former-uss-dekaury-ytb-178-tugboat-fireboat/ Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:54:06 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/former-uss-dekaury-ytb-178-tugboat-fireboat/ 37.77265500 -122.30474800 <![CDATA[Historic Fireboat John J. Harvey]]> Historic Fireboat John J. Harvey
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@ 2006-08-19 14:15:11
Harvey has spent her entire service life on the West Side of Manhattan at North River berths (as the lower Hudson is called). Commissioned in 1931 as Engine Co. 57, she was stationed at a unique house along the Battery Park seawall.

In 1938 she was transferred to Engine Co. 86 at Pier 53 at Bloomfield Street.

In 1959 this Company was redesignated Marine Co. 2. The station closed in 1991 but Harvey continued in regular service a few more years.

In 1992, the Fire Department reconsidered the need for a North River fireboat and reopened the Pier 53 station.

It is most appropriate that Harvey is now berthed at Pier 63 Maritime, a stone's throw from where she performed most of her lifetime of service, 64 years.]]> Historic Fireboat John J. Harvey
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Harvey has spent her entire service life on the West Side of Manhattan at North River berths (as the lower Hudson is called). Commissioned in 1931 as Engine Co. 57, she was stationed at a unique house along the Battery Park seawall.

In 1938 she was transferred to Engine Co. 86 at Pier 53 at Bloomfield Street.

In 1959 this Company was redesignated Marine Co. 2. The station closed in 1991 but Harvey continued in regular service a few more years.

In 1992, the Fire Department reconsidered the need for a North River fireboat and reopened the Pier 53 station.

It is most appropriate that Harvey is now berthed at Pier 63 Maritime, a stone's throw from where she performed most of her lifetime of service, 64 years.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/historic-fireboat-john-j-harvey/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/historic-fireboat-john-j-harvey/ Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:15:11 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/historic-fireboat-john-j-harvey/ 40.74035000 -74.01182100 <![CDATA[Engine 20 - fireboat Edward M. Cotter]]> Engine 20 - fireboat Edward M. Cotter
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@ 2006-08-18 12:33:31
Originally christened in 1900 as the W.S. Gratten who was the city fire commissioner at that time. In 1953, the ship was modernized and rededicated as the Edward M. Cotter after the President of Buffalo Fire Fighters Local #282.

The Cotter is the only fire fighting apparatus that can reach most of Buffalo's waterfront.]]> Engine 20 - fireboat Edward M. Cotter
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@ 2006-08-18 12:33:31
Originally christened in 1900 as the W.S. Gratten who was the city fire commissioner at that time. In 1953, the ship was modernized and rededicated as the Edward M. Cotter after the President of Buffalo Fire Fighters Local #282.

The Cotter is the only fire fighting apparatus that can reach most of Buffalo's waterfront.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/engine-20-fireboat-edward-m-cotter/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/engine-20-fireboat-edward-m-cotter/ Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:33:31 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/engine-20-fireboat-edward-m-cotter/ 42.87230900 -78.87317000 <![CDATA[San Francisco Fire Boat]]> San Francisco Fire Boat
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@ 2006-08-09 12:11:20]]> San Francisco Fire Boat
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@ 2006-04-22 16:42:48
"Franklin" fireboat that was built at the
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"Franklin" fireboat that was built at the
RTC Corporation Shipyard in Camden, NJ in 1950. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat-delaware/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat-delaware/ Sat, 22 Apr 2006 16:42:48 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/fireboat-delaware/ 39.93289900 -75.14108500