As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.[1]
image | name | entered service |
retired | notes |
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Cataract | 1889 | 1903 | |
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fireboat 17 | 1893 | 1930 | |
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fireboat 23 | 1897 | 1922 | |
fireboat 15 | 1903 | 1952 | ||
fireboat 29 | 1906 | 1948 | ||
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Torrent | 1922 | 1949 | Presviously served a private railroad in Two Harbors, Minnesota[3] |
Deluge | 1949 | 1984 | [4][5][6][7] | |
Roamer | 1963 | 1984 | Initially powered by waterjets, her propulsion had to be converted to conventional propellers.[8] | |
fireboat 1 | 1984 | 1993 | This was a military surplus amphibious truck | |
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Fireboat 1 | 2007 | Metalcraft Marine 36' fireboat |