Fireboat No. 1

History
Name	Fireboat No. 1
Owner	Port of Tacoma
Builder	Coastline Shipbuilding Company
Cost	$148,000
Launched	1929
General characteristics
Length	96 ft 6 in (29.41 m)
Beam	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Draft	6-foot (1.8 m)
Fireboat No. 1
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Fire Boat No. 1 in her dry berth
Location	Tacoma, WA
Built	1929
Architect	T.M. Rowlands; Coast Line Shipbuilding Co.
NRHP reference No.	83004254
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	2 December 1983
Designated NHL	19 June 1980

Fireboat No. 1 was built in 1929 for the Port of Tacoma by the Coastline Shipbuilding Company of Tacoma, Washington for US$148,000. She is 96 feet 6 inches (29.41 m) long with a 21-foot-6-inch (6.55 m) beam and a 6-foot (1.8 m) draft. Her seven water cannons have a capacity of 10,000 US gallons per minute (0.63 m³/s). Fireboat No. 1 is the only fireboat in U.S. history to protect a major port by herself for more than half a century.

After 54 years of service in waterfront fire protection, harbor security patrols, search and rescue missions, and water pollution control, Fireboat No. 1 was put up on a permanent dry berth at a public beach near Tacoma's Old Town neighborhood. She is one of only five fireboats designated as a National Historic Landmark. Visitors are able to walk around her exterior, but her interior is closed to the public.

See also

• Historic preservation
• National Historic Landmark

References

• Delgado, James P. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form / Fireboat No. 1" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
  • Delgado, James P. "Accompanying Photos" (pdf). National Park Service. Retrieved 2012-08-31.