Fireboats of Long Beach, California

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As a major port, Long Beach, California authorities have owned and operated Fireboats in Long Beach.[1] Although administered separately the port facilities of Los Angeles and Long Beach are adjacent, and, together, form one of the largest container ports in the world.[2] Los Angeles and Long Beach have an arrangement where one port will loan fireboats to the other, in case of need.

name launched notes
Challenger 1987
  • The Los Angeles Times reported that the Challenger and Liberty began to show maintenance problems due to poor contrsturction within two years of their delivery.[2]
  • Capable of pumping 10,000 Gallons per minute.[2]
Liberty 1987
  • The Liberty had the same corrosion problems as her sister ship, the Challenger, and by September 1988 the Long Beach Harbour Commission had to allocate an addition $883,000 to repair the vessels.[3]
Fireboat 20 2014
  • To be commissioned in mid 2014.[1]
  • Designed to mount water cannons capable of fighting fires on the largest modern container ships.[1]
2015
  • A sister ship to the Fireboat 20 will be commissioned in late 2014 or 2015.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Powerful fireboat christened at Foss Maritime". Marine Log. 2014-04-15. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140516125623/http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=6711:powerful-fireboat-christened-at-foss-maritime&Itemid=229. "Fireboat 20 and its sister are replacements for two older fireboats, the Liberty and Challenger." 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Chris Woodyard (1988-04-27). "2 Long Beach Fireboats Gathering Rust". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204125502/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-04-27/local/me-1822_1_long-beach. Retrieved 2014-05-16. "After spending $4.4 million for two state-of-the-art fireboats, the Port of Long Beach is struggling to keep the vessels from becoming floating rust buckets." 
  3. ↑ Chris Woodyard (1988-09-29). "Long Beach to Spend $883,000 to Save 2 Fireboats". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20140516170354/http://articles.latimes.com/1988-09-29/news/hl-5847_1_long-beach-boats. Retrieved 2014-05-16. "The commission is paying $653,000, the largest chunk of the funds, to a Terminal Island boatyard to correct design and construction deficiencies and to fix corrosion damage on the twin $2.2-million Challenger and Liberty, which were delivered to the city within the past two years." 
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