Smoke II (fireboat)

History
New York City Fire Department
Name	Smoke II
Owner	New York City
Operator	New York City Fire Department
Builder	Equitable Equipment
In service	1958
Out of service	2008
Fate	artificial reef
General characteristics
Class and type	fireboat
Notes	pumping capacity of 2,000 gallons per minute

The Fire Department of New York operated the fireboat Smoke II from 1958 to 2008.^[1]

She was built in Louisiana, by Equitable Equipment.^[2][3]

She was smaller than the dozen or so fireboats in the FDNY's fleet, and was originally built to serve as a command vessel for senior firefighters—called a "tender" by the FDNY.^[1] In later years she was employed as a fireboat, but her modest pumping capacity of just 2,000 gallons per minute limited her usefulness.

With other New York City fireboats, her pumps provided water pressure for fire-fighting after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, which broke all the nearby watermains.^[4]

In 2008 she was retired and became an artificial reef.^[1]

References

1. "Smoke II Retires from FDNY Marine Fleet". FDNY. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
2. The Waterways Journal, Volume 72, Issues 1-26. D. T. Wright publishing. 1958. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
3. Paul Hashagen (2002). Fire Department, City of New York. Turner Publishing Company. p. 85. ISBN 9781563118326. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
4. Special Report: Fireboats; Then and Now. FEMA. p. 19. Retrieved March 5, 2016.