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* ''Fireboat 2'', Long Beach's third fireboat.<ref name=LbfdImages/>
* ''Fireboat 2'', Long Beach's third fireboat.<ref name=LbfdImages/>
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| [[File:The Challenger, a Long Beach California fireboat -a.jpg|55px|left]] || [[Challenger (Long Beach fireboat)|''Challenger'']] || 1987 ||
| [[File:The Challenger, a Long Beach California fireboat -a.jpg|55px|center]] || [[Challenger (Long Beach fireboat)|''Challenger'']] || 1987 ||
* The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that the ''Challenger'' and ''Liberty'' began to show maintenance problems due to poor contrsturction within two years of their delivery.<ref name=LATimes1988-04-27/>
* The ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported that the ''Challenger'' and ''Liberty'' began to show maintenance problems due to poor contrstruction within two years of their delivery.<ref name=LATimes1988-04-27/>
* Capable of pumping 10,000 Gallons per minute.<ref name=LATimes1988-04-27/>
* Capable of pumping 10,000 Gallons per minute.<ref name=LATimes1988-04-27/>
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* The ''Liberty'' had the same corrosion problems as her sister ship, the ''Challenger'', and by September 1988 the [[Long Beach Harbour Commission]] had to allocate an addition $883,000 to repair the vessels.<ref name=LATimes1988-09-29/>
* The ''Liberty'' had the same corrosion problems as her sister ship, the ''Challenger'', and by September 1988 the [[Long Beach Harbour Commission]] had to allocate an addition $883,000 to repair the vessels.<ref name=LATimes1988-09-29/>
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| || ''[[Protector (fireboat)|Protector]]'' || 2014 ||
| [[File:EndlessSummerHB 20161022 276 (30490552126) (cropped).jpg|100px]] || [[Protector (fireboat)|''Protector'']] || 2014 ||
* Commissioned on June 8, 2016.<ref name=LBGazette2016-06-05/>
* Commissioned on June 8, 2016.<ref name=LBGazette2016-06-05/>
* Designed to mount water cannons capable of fighting fires on the largest modern container ships.<ref name=MarineLog2014-05-15/>
* Designed to mount water cannons capable of fighting fires on the largest modern container ships.<ref name=MarineLog2014-05-15/><ref name=Everything2016-06-09/>
|-
|-
| || ''[[Fireboat 15 Vigilance]]'' || 2015 ||
| || [[Vigilance (fireboat)|''Vigilance'']] || 2015 ||
* Commissioned on November 13, 2017.<ref name=workboat2017-11-13/>
* A sister ship to the ''Fireboat 20'' will be commissioned in late 2014 or 2015.<ref name=MarineLog2014-05-15/>
* Design identical to ''Protector''.
|}
|}
''[[Workboat magazine]]'' reported, on June 14, 2017, that Long Beach planned to spend $100 million USD to construct two new firestations for its two new fireboats.<ref name=Workboat2017-06-14/>


==See also==
==See also==
*{{C|Fireboats of California}}
** [[Fireboats of San Diego]]
** [[Fireboats of San Francisco]]
*{{C|Fireboats of the United States}}
** [[Fireboats of Chicago]]
** [[Fireboats of Connecticut]]
** [[Fireboats of Detroit]]
** [[Fireboats of Jacksonville, Florida]]
** [[Fireboats of New York City]]
* [[Los Angeles Fire Department]]
* [[Los Angeles Fire Department]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=workboat2017-11-13>
refs=
{{cite news
| url = https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/port-of-long-beach-commissions-second-foss-built-fireboat/
| title = Port of Long Beach commissions second Foss-built fireboatBy Kirk Moore on NOVEMBER 13
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| work = [[Work boat]]
| author = Kirk Moore
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| date = 2017-11-13
| accessdate = 2019-10-03
| quote = The Vigilance joined sistership Protector, replacing the late 1980s fireboats Challenger and Liberty, designed when the port was typically serviced 4,500-TEU capacity containerships. Now Long Beach regularly sees 14,000-TEU ships and expects larger vessels, like the 18,000- to 22,000-TEU ships planned by carrier CMA CGM.
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Workboat2017-06-14>
{{cite news
| url = https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/port-of-long-beach-to-build-two-new-fireboat-stations/
| title = Port of Long Beach to build two new fireboat stations
| publisher = [[Workboat magazine]]
| author = Kirk Moore
⚫
| date = 2017-06-14
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| page =
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| location =
| accessdate = 2017-06-15
| quote = The Port of Long Beach, Calif., will build a pair of new fireboat stations for more than $100 million to base its 108’x35’ fireboats built by Foss Maritime Co., port officials said.
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Everything2016-06-09>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.everythinglongbeach.com/port-welcomes-protector-the-worlds-most-advanced-fireboat/
| title = Port Welcomes Protector, The World's Most Advanced Fireboat
| publisher = [[Everything Long Beach]]
| date = 2016-06-09
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| page =
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| location =
| accessdate = 2016-10-15
| quote = Protector and a second, still-under-construction boat, “Vigilance,” will replace the Port’s fireboats “Challenger” and “Liberty,” which began service in the late 1980s and were designed in an era of vessels carrying 4,500 containers. The biggest vessels calling in Long Beach now have a capacity of 18,000 containers, with even larger ships coming in the future.
}}
</ref>

<ref name=LBGazette2016-06-05>
<ref name=LBGazette2016-06-05>
{{cite news
{{cite news
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| page =
| page =
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| archiveurl =
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| archivedate =
| accessdate = 2016-06-06
| accessdate = 2016-06-06
| deadurl = No
| quote = The vessel, called “Protector,” has its dedication from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, at the Port of Long Beach Joint Command and Control Center. The ceremony isn’t public, port media relations lead Lee Peterson said.
| quote = The vessel, called “Protector,” has its dedication from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, at the Port of Long Beach Joint Command and Control Center. The ceremony isn’t public, port media relations lead Lee Peterson said.
}}
}}
</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=MarineLog2014-05-15>
<ref name=MarineLog2014-05-15>
{{cite news
{{cite news
| url = http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6711:powerful-fireboat-christened-at-foss-maritime&Itemid=229
|url = http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6711:powerful-fireboat-christened-at-foss-maritime&Itemid=229
| title = Powerful fireboat christened at Foss Maritime
|title = Powerful fireboat christened at Foss Maritime
| publisher = [[Marine Log]]
|publisher = [[Marine Log]]
| author =
|date = 2014-04-15
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|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140516125623/http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6711%3Apowerful-fireboat-christened-at-foss-maritime&Itemid=229
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| date = 2014-04-15
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|archivedate = 2014-05-16
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| location =
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140516125623/http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6711:powerful-fireboat-christened-at-foss-maritime&Itemid=229
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|quote = Fireboat 20 and its sister are replacements for two older fireboats, the Liberty and Challenger.
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| archivedate = 2014-05-16
| deadurl = No
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| quote = Fireboat 20 and its sister are replacements for two older fireboats, the Liberty and Challenger.
}}
}}
</ref>
</ref>
<ref name=LATimes1988-04-27>
<ref name=LATimes1988-04-27>
{{cite news
{{cite news
| url = http://articles.latimes.com/1988-04-27/local/me-1822_1_long-beach
| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-27-me-1822-story.html
| title = 2 Long Beach Fireboats Gathering Rust
| title = 2 Long Beach Fireboats Gathering Rust
| publisher = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| author = Chris Woodyard
| author = Chris Woodyard
| date = 1988-04-27
| date = 1988-04-27
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204125502/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-04-27/local/me-1822_1_long-beach
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| location =
| archive-date = 2012-02-04
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120204125502/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-04-27/local/me-1822_1_long-beach
| archivedate = 2012-02-04
| access-date = 2014-05-16
| accessdate = 2014-05-16
| url-status = live
| deadurl = No
| quote = After spending $4.4 million for two state-of-the-art fireboats, the Port of Long Beach is struggling to keep the vessels from becoming floating rust buckets.
| quote = After spending $4.4 million for two state-of-the-art fireboats, the Port of Long Beach is struggling to keep the vessels from becoming floating rust buckets.
}}
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<ref name=LATimes1988-09-29>
<ref name=LATimes1988-09-29>
{{cite news
{{cite news
| url = http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-29/news/hl-5847_1_long-beach-boats
| url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-29-hl-5847-story.html
| title = Long Beach to Spend $883,000 to Save 2 Fireboats
| title = Long Beach to Spend $883,000 to Save 2 Fireboats
| publisher = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| work = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| author = Chris Woodyard
| author = Chris Woodyard
| date = 1988-09-29
| date = 1988-09-29
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140516170354/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-29/news/hl-5847_1_long-beach-boats
| location =
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| archive-date=2014-05-16
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140516170354/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-29/news/hl-5847_1_long-beach-boats
| archivedate = 2012-05-16
| access-date = 2014-05-16
| accessdate = 2014-05-16
| url-status = live
| deadurl = No
| quote = The commission is paying $653,000, the largest chunk of the funds, to a Terminal Island boatyard to correct design and construction deficiencies and to fix corrosion damage on the twin $2.2-million Challenger and Liberty, which were delivered to the city within the past two years.
| quote = The commission is paying $653,000, the largest chunk of the funds, to a Terminal Island boatyard to correct design and construction deficiencies and to fix corrosion damage on the twin $2.2-million Challenger and Liberty, which were delivered to the city within the past two years.
}}
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{{cite book
{{cite book
| url = http://books.google.ca/books?id=E5vBxkzgbVwC&pg=PA55&dq=fireboat+%22long+beach%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Crt3U6SoCsKSyATO-4CgDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=fireboat%20%22long%20beach%22&f=false
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=E5vBxkzgbVwC&q=fireboat+%22long+beach%22&pg=PA55
| title = Long Beach Fire Department: Images of America
| title = Long Beach Fire Department: Images of America
| publisher = [[Arcadia Publishing]]
| publisher = [[Arcadia Publishing]]
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{{cite news
{{cite news
| url = http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/csudh/spcoll/longbeachfiredepartmentead.pdf
| url = http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/csudh/spcoll/longbeachfiredepartmentead.pdf
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| format = pdf
| title = INVENTORY OF THE LONG BEACH FIREMAN'S HISTORICAL MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, 1840-1971, bulk 1906-1971
| title = INVENTORY OF THE LONG BEACH FIREMAN'S HISTORICAL MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, 1840-1971, bulk 1906-1971
| publisher = [[University of California]]
| publisher = [[University of California]]
| author = Erin Kurinsky
| author = Erin Kurinsky
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| date =
| page = 8,9
| page = 8,9
| location =
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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140517225531/http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/csudh/spcoll/longbeachfiredepartmentead.pdf
| archivedate = 2014-05-17
| archivedate = 2014-05-17
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[[Category:Fireboats of California|*Long Beach]]
[[Category:Fireboats of California|*Long Beach]]
[[Category:Government in Long Beach, California]]
[[Category:Government in Long Beach, California]]

[[Category:Water transportation in California]]

{{Fleets of fireboats by city or body of water}}

Latest revision as of 02:34, 15 August 2024

The Long Beach Fire Department of the city of Long Beach, California owns and operates Fireboats in Long Beach, providing fire protection and rescue services for the Port of Long Beach and the marina and beach areas of the city of Long Beach[1] Although administered separately, the port facilities of Los Angeles and Long Beach are adjacent, and together, form one of the largest container ports in the world.[2] The cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach have a mutual aid arrangement where one will loan fireboats to the other in case of need.

image name launched notes
Charles S. Windham 1942
  • The city's first fireboat.[3]
Fireboat 1 1954
  • Fireboat 1, Long Beach's second fireboat.[4]
Fireboat 2 1954
  • Fireboat 2, Long Beach's third fireboat.[4]
 Challenger 1987
  • The Los Angeles Times reported that the Challenger and Liberty began to show maintenance problems due to poor contrstruction within two years of their delivery.[2]
  • Capable of pumping 10,000 Gallons per minute.[2]
Liberty 1987
  • The Liberty had the same corrosion problems as her sister ship, the Challenger, and by September 1988 the Long Beach Harbour Commission had to allocate an addition $883,000 to repair the vessels.[5]
Protector 2014
  • Commissioned on June 8, 2016.[6]
  • Designed to mount water cannons capable of fighting fires on the largest modern container ships.[1][7]
Vigilance 2015
  • Commissioned on November 13, 2017.[8]
  • Design identical to Protector.

Workboat magazine reported, on June 14, 2017, that Long Beach planned to spend $100 million USD to construct two new firestations for its two new fireboats.[9]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Powerful fireboat christened at Foss Maritime". Marine Log. 2014-04-15. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Fireboat 20 and its sister are replacements for two older fireboats, the Liberty and Challenger.
  2. ^ a b c Chris Woodyard (1988-04-27). "2 Long Beach Fireboats Gathering Rust". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2014-05-16. After spending $4.4 million for two state-of-the-art fireboats, the Port of Long Beach is struggling to keep the vessels from becoming floating rust buckets.
  3. ^ Glen Goodrich (2005). Long Beach Fire Department: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 9780738530017. Retrieved 2014-05-17. In 1942, the City of Long Beach commissioned the building of its first fireboat, the Charles S. Windham. The Windham was built by Wilmington Boats Works and financed by the Harbor Department.
  4. ^ a b Erin Kurinsky. "INVENTORY OF THE LONG BEACH FIREMAN'S HISTORICAL MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPHS COLLECTION, 1840-1971, bulk 1906-1971" (PDF). University of California. p. 8,9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-05-17.
  5. ^ Chris Woodyard (1988-09-29). "Long Beach to Spend $883,000 to Save 2 Fireboats". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2014-05-16. The commission is paying $653,000, the largest chunk of the funds, to a Terminal Island boatyard to correct design and construction deficiencies and to fix corrosion damage on the twin $2.2-million Challenger and Liberty, which were delivered to the city within the past two years.
  6. ^ Emily Thornton (2016-06-05). "Long Beach Fire Department Debuts New Boat". Long Beach Gazette. Retrieved 2016-06-06. The vessel, called "Protector," has its dedication from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, at the Port of Long Beach Joint Command and Control Center. The ceremony isn't public, port media relations lead Lee Peterson said.
  7. ^ "Port Welcomes Protector, The World's Most Advanced Fireboat". Everything Long Beach. 2016-06-09. Retrieved 2016-10-15. Protector and a second, still-under-construction boat, "Vigilance," will replace the Port's fireboats "Challenger" and "Liberty," which began service in the late 1980s and were designed in an era of vessels carrying 4,500 containers. The biggest vessels calling in Long Beach now have a capacity of 18,000 containers, with even larger ships coming in the future.
  8. ^ Kirk Moore (2017-11-13). "Port of Long Beach commissions second Foss-built fireboatBy Kirk Moore on NOVEMBER 13". Work boat. Retrieved 2019-10-03. The Vigilance joined sistership Protector, replacing the late 1980s fireboats Challenger and Liberty, designed when the port was typically serviced 4,500-TEU capacity containerships. Now Long Beach regularly sees 14,000-TEU ships and expects larger vessels, like the 18,000- to 22,000-TEU ships planned by carrier CMA CGM.
  9. ^ Kirk Moore (2017-06-14). "Port of Long Beach to build two new fireboat stations". Workboat magazine. Retrieved 2017-06-15. The Port of Long Beach, Calif., will build a pair of new fireboat stations for more than $100 million to base its 108'x35' fireboats built by Foss Maritime Co., port officials said.


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