Fireboats of Milwaukee

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
| Fireboat 1 | 2007 |  | Metalcraft Marine 36' fireboat

## References

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1. ^ Michael Horne (2018-02-22). "Third Ward Firehouse Conversion Approved: 1915 riverfront building at foot of Water Street Bridge to become three unit "family retreat."". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved 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 2016-09-17.
3. ^ Frank Alexander King (1972). The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9780816640836. Retrieved 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 (1949-04-01). "Deluge Is Launched at Bay City, Mich. Is Duly Christened and Will Be Ready in May". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
5. ^ Mary Ann Cahill (1978-08-08). "Fireboat System Something Special". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 40. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
6. ^ Paul Bargren (1984-02-09). "Old city fireboat retires in October". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 12. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
7. ^ Bruce Gill (1986-03-08). "Firefighter boat called unsafe by union chief". The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
8. ^ Wayne Mutza (2005). Milwaukee Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. p. 105\. ISBN 9780738534343. Retrieved 2018-02-23.

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