{"nrhp_refnum":"89001447","name":"FIREFIGHTER","other_names":["Fireboat FIREFIGHTER"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Staten Island","state":"NY","lat":41.09971869300006,"lon":-72.36115728399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-30","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1989-06-30","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Fire Fighter is a steel-hulled, diesel-electric fireboat built in 1938 for the Fire Department of New York. She is berthed at Slip 7 at the St. George Ferry Terminal, Staten Island, and serves with Marine Company 9.","why_significant":"The nomination argues she is the best-known American fireboat and the best surviving example of a major port's large fireboat of the 1930s, representing the culmination of American fireboat design. She was New York's first diesel/electric fireboat and the first with pilothouse control. She retains her original engines, motors, pumps, monitors and deck equipment, with only a hydraulic tower and one hose reel removed.","narrative":"Fire Fighter is a working fireboat of the Fire Department of New York, berthed at the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island and assigned to Marine Company 9. Launched in 1938, she measures 134.3 feet long and has a riveted steel hull. Her four original centrifugal pumps can deliver 20,000 gallons of water per minute to eight deck monitors, many times the output of a typical fire engine of her day. She was New York's first diesel/electric fireboat and the first with propulsion controlled from the pilothouse. Designed by William Francis Gibbs and built by United Shipyards, she has been altered very little. Only a hydraulic tower, removed in 1962, and one hose reel have been lost. The nomination calls her the best example in the United States of a large port fireboat of the 1930s. She was also a popular exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair and is among the best-known American fireboats. She is one of ten American fireboats over fifty years old.","period_of_significance":"1938-1988","architect_builder":"William Francis Gibbs; United Shipyards","architectural_style":"Architecture (Naval)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Operating fireboat in constant service since 1938, in excellent condition after a major overhaul in 1982.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.975986-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/89001447_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001447/6ddffd9fd5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001447/6ddffd9fd5-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Fighter_ship,_Long_Island_2018_02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fire_Fighter_ship,_Long_Island_2018_02.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316045","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Fighter_(fireboat)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5451353"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/staten-island/firefighter-89001447/"}