David Campbell (1927 fireboat)

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David Campbell in 2006
History
NameDavid Campell
Namesake David Campbell
Owner Portland Fire & Rescue
BuilderBaker Construction Company
Cost$103,615
Completed1928
Out of service2012
Nickname(s)Fireboat 6
General characteristics
Type Fireboat
Tonnage80.5 grt (228 m3)
Length87.5 ft (26.7 m)
Beam20.5 ft (6.2 m)
Draft7.5 ft (2.3 m)
PropulsionTwo V12 525M Cummins Diesels with twin screws

The David Campbell was a long-serving fireboat built in 1928 for Oregon's Portland Fire & Rescue. [1] She underwent an extensive rebuild, in 1976. In 2010 Portland acquired a new smaller, faster fireboat, the Eldon Trinity , named after the two children who were thrown off the Sellwood Bridge in 2009, when it took the David Campbell 44 minutes to get to scene to provide medical care. [2]

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The David Campbell had two identical sister ships, the Mike Laudenklos and the Karl Gunster . [1] [3] [4] The David Campbell remained in operation as late as 2012. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brian K. Johnson, Don Porth (2007). "Portland Fire & Rescue". Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9780738548838 . Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. ↑ David Rose (2010-11-26). "Portland fire boat to be named for children thrown from Sellwood Bridge". The Oregonian . Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  3. ↑ "David Campbell Fireboat, 1927". Vintage Portland. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2017-03-19. The David Campbell was one of three identical fireboats built using this plan and they patrolled the Willamette River during the middle part of the 20th Century.
  4. ↑ "Portland fire boat DAVID CAMPBELL, Portland, Oregon". University of Washington . Retrieved 2017-03-19. The DAVID CAMPBELL was a steam fireboat of steel construction. She was built at Portland in 1913. Her machinery could develop 1,200 housepower. She remained in service until 1928 (p. 224). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
  5. ↑ Nik J. Miles (2012-07-30). "NW32TV presents "The David Campbell Fire Boat" with Nik J. Miles". NW32TV . Retrieved 2017-03-19.
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