For much of the late 19th and early 20th century, New York City maintained a fleet of ten fireboats. In recent decades technology has improved to where smaller boats can provide the pumping capacity that required a large boat in the past. These smaller boats require smaller crews, and the crews themselves require less training. Like many other cities, the FDNY operates a fleet with a smaller number of large fireboats, supplemented by a number of unnamed boats in the 10 meter range.
+ some fireboats of the FDNY image name commissioned retired dimensions (ft) pumpingcapacity (gpm) notes William F. Havemeyer 1875 1901 106 × 22 × 10 6,000 Zophar Mills 1882 1934 120 × 25 × 12 6,000 Seth Low 1885 1917 99 × 24 × 9 3,500 Brooklyn Fire Department The New Yorker 1890 1931 125 × 26 × 12 13,000 David A. Boody 1892 1914 105 × 23 × 7 6,500 William L. Strong 1898 1948 100 × 24 × 12.6 6,500 Robert A. van Wyck 1898 Abram S. Hewitt 1903 1958 117 × 25 × 10.5 7,000 George B. McClellan 1904 1954 117 × 24 × 9.5 7,000 James Duane 1908 1959 132 × 28 × 10 9,000 Thomas Willett 1908 1959 132 × 28 × 10 9,000 Cornelius W. Lawrence 1908 1955 104.5 × 23.5 × 9 7,000 Velox 1907 1922 68 × 11.5 × 7 William J. Gaynor 1914 1961 118 × 25 × 13.4 7,000 John Purroy Mitchel 1921 1966 132 × 27 × 10 9,000 Captain Connell 1922 1938 56.5 × 12 × 6.5 John J. Harvey 1931 1999 130 × 28 × 9 18,000 now a private excursion vessel Fire Fighter 1938 1999 134 × 32 × 9 20,000 Now a museum ship Smoke 1938 1955 53 × 7 × 3.5 John D. Mc Kean 1954 2010 129 × 30 × 9 19,000 held in retired status H. Sylvia A. H. G. Wilks 1958 1972 105.5 × 27 × 9 8,000 Harry M. Archer M. D. 1958 1994 105.5 × 27 × 9 8,000 Smoke II 1958 2008 52 × 14 × 4 2,000 Senator Robert F. Wagner 1959 1993 105.5 × 27 × 9 8,000 Governor Alfred E. Smith 1961 2015 105.5 × 27 × 9 8,000 John H. Glenn, Jr. 1962 1977 70 × 21 × 5 5,000 Now serving in Washington DC John P. Devaney 1992 1994 70 × 19 × 5'4" 7,075 named after John P. Devaney, a firefighter who died in the line of duty Alfred E. Ronaldson 1992 1994 70 × 19 × 5'4" 7,075 named after Alfred E. Ronaldson, a firefighter who died in the line of duty Kevin C. Kane 1992 2013 52 × 16 × 4.5 6,500 auctioned off after receiving damage during Hurricane Sandy. Bravest 2011 - 64 × 17 × 3'4" 6,000 fastest fireboat of its size Fire Fighter II 2010 - 140 × 36 × 9 50,000 one of the largest fireboats in North America Three Forty Three 2010 - 140 × 36 × 9 50,000 one of the largest fireboats in North America William M. Feehan 2015 - 66 × 18 × 3 8,000
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