Fireboat John H. Glenn Jr.

This article is about the fireboat John H. Glenn Jr.. For the astronaut and senator, see John Glenn.

History
The John H. Glenn Jr. docked in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2010.

Name:	John H. Glenn Jr.
Namesake:	John Glenn, astronaut
Owner:	New York City Fire Department
Launched:	1962^[1]
Fate:	Sold to DCFD, 1977
History

Owner:	District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department
Acquired:	1977
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Fireboat
Displacement:	84 tons^[1]
Length:	71 ft (22 m)^[1]
Beam:	21 ft (6.4 m)^[2]
Draught:	5 ft (1.5 m)^[2]
Installed power:	3 × 450 hp (340 kW)^[1]^[3]
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h)^[4]
Crew:	4^[3]
Notes:	Pumping capacity: 3,000 US gallons (11,000 L) / min. (initial design)^[4] 5,000 US gallons (19,000 L) / min. (during FDNY service)^[2] 7,000 US gallons (26,000 L) / min. (during DCFD service)^[3]

The John H. Glenn Jr. is a fireboat stationed on the Potomac and Anacostia rivers in Washington, D.C.^[1] Her bow was reinforced in 1984, and allows her to also serve as an icebreaker during the winter.

The vessel served the New York City Fire Department for her first fifteen years before being sold to the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department in 1977.^[2]

Incidents

On January 31, 2009, the excursion vessel Spirit of Washington smashed into the dock shared by the fire department and police department's boats, damaging the John H. Glenn Jr.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Michael E. Ruane (2010-01-10). "D.C. Fireboat Does Battle with Potomac River Ice". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
1 2 3 4 Clarence E. Meeks. "Fireboats Through the Years". Marine 1 F.D.N.Y. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
1 2 3 4 Aaron C. Davis (2009-01-31). "Cruise Craft Strikes Docked City Fireboat: Crash Occurred During Routine Work Done by Spirit of Washington's Crew". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14.
1 2 Brian J. Cudahy (1997). Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-1761-8. Archived from the original on 2010-01-14. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

External links

Media related to John H. Glenn, Jr. (ship, 1962) at Wikimedia Commons

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