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As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.[1]

Fireboats in Milwaukee[2] image | name | entered
service | retired | notes

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| Cataract | 1889 | 1903 |
| fireboat 17 | 1893 | 1930
| fireboat 23 | 1897 | 1922 |
| fireboat 15 | 1903 | 1952
| fireboat 29 | 1906 | 1948
| Torrent | 1922 | 1949 | Presviously served a private railroad in Two Harbors, Minnesota[3]
| Deluge | 1949 | 1984 | [4][5][6][7]
| Roamer | 1963 | 1984 | Initially powered by waterjets, her propulsion had to be converted to conventional propellers.[8]
| fireboat 1 | 1984 | 1993 | This was a military surplus amphibious truck
| Phoenix | 1993 |  |

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Michael Horne. Third Ward Firehouse Conversion Approved: 1915 riverfront building at foot of Water Street Bridge to become three unit "family retreat.", Urban Milwaukee, 2018-02-22. Retrieved on 2018-02-23. “The old building served as the headquarters of the city’s water-borne fire fighting fleet, and for other municipal functions. Its final use was as a lifeboat station in 1984.”
2. ↑ Milwaukee Fireboat #23 - August F. Janssen (2007). Archived from the original on 2016-09-02.
3. ↑ Frank Alexander King (1972). The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816640836. Retrieved on 2016-08-29. “The other two, the William A. McGonagle and the Torrent, were somewhat unusual in that they were equipped for firefighting.”
4. ↑ George Archer. Deluge Is Launched at Bay City, Mich. Is Duly Christened and Will Be Ready in May, The Milwaukee Journal, 1949-04-01, p. 25. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
5. ↑ Mary Ann Cahill. Fireboat System Something Special, The Milwaukee Journal, 1978-08-08, p. 40. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
6. ↑ Paul Bargren. Old city fireboat retires in October, The Milwaukee Journal, 1984-02-09, p. 12. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
7. ↑ Bruce Gill. Firefighter boat called unsafe by union chief, The Milwaukee Sentinel, 1986-03-08, p. 3. Retrieved on 2012-08-24.
8. ↑ Wayne Mutza (2005). Milwaukee Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738534343. Retrieved on 2018-02-23.