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History
Fireboat John J. Harvey
New York City Fire Department
Name	John J. Harvey
Namesake	John J. Harvey
Port of registry	New York City, United States
Ordered	1928
Builder	Todd Shipbuilding
Cost	$594,000
Laid down	1930
Launched	October 6, 1931
Commissioned	December 17, 1931
In service	December 17, 1931
Out of service	1995
Renamed	Engine 57 (1931) Engine 86 (1938) Marine 2 (1959)(2001)
Reclassified	Museum ship
Refit	1957
Reinstated	Temporary return to service 9/11/2001
Homeport	North River Pier 66, New York City (As of 2019)
Nickname(s)	The "Harvey"
Honors and awards	National Preservation Award
Status	FDNY retired
General characteristics
Type	Fireboat
Displacement	268 net tons
Length	130 ft (40 m)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Installed power	5 Fairbanks - Morse opposed piston Model 38F5¼ which consist of 8 cylinders with 16 pistons.
Propulsion	Twin screws
Speed	18 knots
Capacity	18,000gpm
Armament	Eight deck monitors and 24 large connections for fire hose


U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Coordinates	40°45′0″N 74°0′39″W / 40.75000°N 74.01083°W / 40.75000; -74.01083
Built	1931
Built by	Todd Shipyards
Architect	Henry J. Gielow
NRHP reference No.	00000576
Added to NRHP	June 15, 2000

John J. Harvey is a fireboat formerly of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) in New York City, famed for returning to service following the September 11, 2001 attacks. She is one of the most powerful fireboats ever built, capable of pumping up to 18,000 gallons of water a minute.

New York Fire Department Service

Launched in 1931, John J. Harvey served in the FDNY until she was brought out of service in 1994. She was named for marine fireman John J. Harvey, killed when a ship exploded during a fire. Among the marine fires at which she assisted were the Cunard Line pier fire in 1932, the burning of Normandie in 1942, the ammunition ship El Estero in 1943, and the collision of the oil tankers Alva Cape and Texaco Massachusetts in 1966. Her official designation at the end of her career was Marine 2.

John J. Harvey was sold at auction in 1999 to a private consortium of marine preservationists determined to prevent her from being scrapped. She was restored and began hosting frequent public free trips on the river. In June 2000 she was added to the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places.

September 11, 2001

Shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the boat's owners asked FDNY officials for permission to assist in maritime evacuations from Ground Zero. Meanwhile, firefighters had determined that the vast scale of destruction had damaged many fire mains, depriving fire crews of water. Officials radioed John J. Harvey, asking if her pumps still worked. Responding that they did, she was told to drop off her passengers as soon as possible and return to the disaster site, reactivating her official designation Marine 2. Alongside two other FDNY fireboats, John D. McKean and Fire Fighter, she pumped water at the site for 80 hours, until water mains were restored. The National Trust for Historic Preservation gave John J. Harvey a special National Preservation Award to recognize this incident.

The ship's response became the subject of a 2002 children's book.

Recent History

In 2018, she was repainted in a red and white dazzle pattern as part of an art project by Tauba Auerbach, in commemoration of the dazzle camouflage used on World War I ships.

The fireboat is currently moored at North River Pier 66a, located at 12th Avenue and 26th Street on the Hudson River, alongside the Lightship Frying Pan at the barge for Pier 66 Maritime in Hudson River Park.

Gallery

John J. Harvey painted in red and white as an art project
John J. Harvey underway near the Statue of Liberty

References

Notes

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
official site, fireboat.org
"The Maritime Evacuation of Manhattan on September 11, 2001". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/ThiesenElEstero.pdf The El Estero Fire
"Home". www.1931fireboat.org. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
"National Register Database and Research - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Ref# 00000576. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
"Historic Fireboat Aids in New York City Response and Recovery at the World Trade Center". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Attaway, Roy (August 2003). "Born-Again Hero". Power & Motor Yacht. Archived from the original on 19 July 2003. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
Moore, Kirk (July 5, 2018). "Historic NYC fireboat dons 'dazzle' paint". WorkBoat.

Further reading

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey, by Maira Kalman, 2002. ISBN 0-399-23953-7\

External links

Media related to John J. Harvey (ship, 1931) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-335, "Fireboat JOHN J. HARVEY, Pier 63, North River, New York, New York County, NY", 9 photos, 7 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
Ship information and current position at MarineTraffic.com

New York City Fire Department

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Firehouses	Engine 10, Ladder 10 Engine 31 Engine 33, Ladder 9 Ladder 8 Engine 261, Ladder 116
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Predecessors	Brooklyn Fire Department Long Island City Fire Department
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