Three Forty Three
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Three Forty Three is a Ranger 4200-class fireboat that serves the New York City Fire Department as marine company 1.[1] Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built to replace the 1954 Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. It was commissioned at 0900 hours on September 11, 2010, exactly nine years after the 2001 terrorist attacks. It is one of the four New York fireboats currently active in service.
Namesake
The boat's name comes from the number of FDNY members killed in the line of duty on September 11, 2001. For days following the terrorist attack the only water available to the area was provided by the FDNY's Marine Units.
Manufacturing
The Three Forty Three was built by Eastern Shipbuilding of Panama City, Florida, and is the largest single purpose fireboat built to date with the highest pumping capacity of any fireboat ever built. A sister vessel named Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". was delivered and placed in service with Marine 9 in November 2010 to replace the 70-year-old Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and represented the city's first major investment in new fireboats in 50 years.[2]
Features
The Script error: No such module "convert"., 500-ton, $27 million fast response boat is the country's largest fireboat, with a maximum speed of Script error: No such module "convert".. The Three Forty Three incorporates the latest technology available for marine vessels, including the capability of pumping Script error: No such module "convert". of water per minute, nearly Template:Cvt more than its predecessor. It has an operating crew of seven.
References
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