Fireboats of Milwaukee

As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee. ^[1]

Fireboats in Milwaukee ^[2]

image	name	entered service	retired	notes
	Cataract	1889	1903
	Fireboat 17	1893	1930	Previously named James Foley.
	Fireboat 23	1897	1922
	Fireboat 15	1903	1952
	Fireboat 29	1906	1948
	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
	Fireboat 1	2007		Metalcraft Marine 36' fireboat

References

1. Michael Horne (2018-02-22). "Third Ward Firehouse Conversion Approved: 1915 riverfront building at foot of Water Street Bridge to become three unit "family retreat."". Urban Milwaukee . Retrieved 2018-02-23. The old building served as the headquarters of the city's water-borne fire fighting fleet, and for other municipal functions. Its final use was as a lifeboat station in 1984.
2. "Milwaukee Fireboat #23 - August F. Janssen". 2007. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17.
3. Frank Alexander King (1972). The Missabe Road: The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN   9780816640836 . Retrieved 2016-08-29. The other two, the William A. McGonagle and the Torrent, were somewhat unusual in that they were equipped for firefighting.
4. George Archer (1949-04-01). "Deluge Is Launched at Bay City, Mich. Is Duly Christened and Will Be Ready in May". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 25. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
5. Mary Ann Cahill (1978-08-08). "Fireboat System Something Special". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 40. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
6. Paul Bargren (1984-02-09). "Old city fireboat retires in October". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 12. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
7. Bruce Gill (1986-03-08). "Firefighter boat called unsafe by union chief". The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
8. Wayne Mutza (2005). Milwaukee Fire Department. Arcadia Publishing. p. 105. ISBN   9780738534343 . Retrieved 2018-02-23.