Three Forty Three

FDNY Fireboat

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Three Forty Three

History
New York City Fire Department
Name| Three Forty Three
Operator| New York City Fire Department
Awarded| Dec. 28, 2007
Builder| Eastern Shipbuilding Group
Yard number| 968
Laid down| May 2008
Launched| Sept. 11, 2009
Sponsored by| United States Department of Homeland Security
Christened| Sep. 11, 2009
Completed| April, 2010
Acquired| June 23, 2010
Commissioned| May 26, 2010
In service| Sept. 12, 2010
Homeport| Pier 53, Hudson River
Identification|

* MMSI number: 367597230
* Callsign: WDH2404

Status| In Service
Notes| Predecessor: John D. McKean
General characteristics
Class and type| Ranger 4200-class fireboat
Tonnage| 500 gt
Length| 140 ft (43 m)[1]
Beam| 36 ft (11 m)
Draft| 9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power| MTU 4x2000 HP engines
Propulsion| Hundested 4 X Variable Pitch Propellers
Speed| 18 kn (21 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried| Small Rescue Boat
Capacity| 20,000 gpm/50,000 gpm max
Crew| 7

Three Forty Three is a Ranger 4200 class fireboat that serves the New York City Fire Department as marine company 1.[2] Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built to replace the 1954 John D. McKean. It was commissioned at 0900 hours on September 11, 2010, exactly nine years after the 2001 terrorist attacks. It is one of the four New York fireboats currently active in service.

## Namesake

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The boat's name comes from the number of FDNY members killed in the line of duty on September 11, 2001. For days following the terrorist attack the only water available to the area was provided by the FDNY's Marine Units.

## Manufacturing

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The Three Forty Three was built by Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama City, Florida, and is the largest single purpose fireboat built to date with the highest pumping capacity of any fireboat ever built. A sister vessel named Fire Fighter II was delivered and placed in service with Marine 9 in November 2010 to replace the 70-year-old Fire Fighter, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and represented the city's first major investment in new fireboats in 50 years.[3]

The fireboat performing a water cannon display in 2023

## Features

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The 140-foot, 500-ton, $27 million fast response boat is the country's largest fireboat, with a maximum speed of 18 knots. The Three Forty Three incorporates the latest technology available for marine vessels, including the capability of pumping 50,000 gallons of water per minute, nearly 30,000 gallons more than its predecessor. It has an operating crew of seven.

## References

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1. ^ "New York City Fire Department - Characteristics". Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
2. ^ "Marine 1 F.d.n.y".
3. ^ FDNY Annual Report 2012, p. 7

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New York City Fire Department

Facilities|

| Firehouses|

* Engine 10, Ladder 10
* Engine 31
* Engine 33, Ladder 9
* Ladder 8
* Engine 261, Ladder 116

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Other facilities|

* MetroTech Center
* New York City Fire Museum
* Plane Space

Fireboats|

* Abram S. Hewitt
* Alfred E. Ronaldson
* Bravest
* David A. Boody
* Fire Fighter
* Fire Fighter II
* George B. McClellan
* H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks
* James Duane
* John D. McKean
* John H. Glenn Jr.
* John J. Harvey
* John P. Devaney
* John Purroy Mitchel
* Kevin C. Kane
* Seth Low
* Smoke II
* The New Yorker
* Thomas Willett
* Three Forty Three
* William Frederick Havemeyer
* William J. Gaynor
* Willam M. Feehan
* Zophar Mills

History|

| Predecessors|

* Brooklyn Fire Department
* Long Island City Fire Department

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Major fires|

* Great Fire of 1776
* Great Fire of 1835
* Great Fire of 1845
* 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire
* 1966 23rd Street fire
* 1975 New York Telephone exchange fire
* 1978 Waldbaum's supermarket fire
* 1990 Happy Land nightclub fire
* 2017 Bronx apartment fire
* 2022 Bronx apartment fire

September 11|

* Raising the Flag at Ground Zero
* Rescue and recovery effort after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center
* 9/11

Other events|

* Murder of Yadira Arroyo

Organizations|

* New York City Fire Commissioner
* New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS
* New York City Fire Department Ladder Company 3
* New York City Fire Department Rescue Company 1
* New York City Fire Department Squad Company 1

Related|

| Unions|

* Uniformed Fire Officers Association
* Uniformed Firefighters Association
* Vulcan Society

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Volunteers|

* Oceanic H&L Company No. 1
* Richmond Engine Co. 1

* 9-1-1 Tapping Protocol
* FDNY Racing
* New York Fire Patrol

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