John Purroy Mitchel was a fireboat operated by the FDNY. She was named after former mayor of New York City, John Purroy Mitchel. Grace Drennan, niece of Fire Commissioner Thomas J. Drennan played a ceremonial role in the vessels launch on July 24, 1921. Her launch was also attended by current mayor John Francis Hylan. John Purroy Mitchel was the city's first fireboat powered by fuel-oil, not coal. She was 132 feet (40 m) long, and her pumps could throw 9,000 gallons per minute, at pressure of 300 pounds per square inch. One of her water cannons was mounted on top of a 26 feet (7.9 m) tower.
Attributes | Values |
---|
rdf:type
| |
rdfs:label
| - John Purroy Mitchel (fireboat) (en)
|
rdfs:comment
| - John Purroy Mitchel was a fireboat operated by the FDNY. She was named after former mayor of New York City, John Purroy Mitchel. Grace Drennan, niece of Fire Commissioner Thomas J. Drennan played a ceremonial role in the vessels launch on July 24, 1921. Her launch was also attended by current mayor John Francis Hylan. John Purroy Mitchel was the city's first fireboat powered by fuel-oil, not coal. She was 132 feet (40 m) long, and her pumps could throw 9,000 gallons per minute, at pressure of 300 pounds per square inch. One of her water cannons was mounted on top of a 26 feet (7.9 m) tower. (en)
|
foaf:name
| |
foaf:depiction
| |
dcterms:subject
| |
Wikipage page ID
| |
Wikipage revision ID
| |
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
| |
sameAs
| |
Ship operator
| - New York City Fire Department (en)
|
Ship original cost
| |
dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate
| |
thumbnail
| |
Ship builder
| - Standard Shipbuilding Corporation (en)
|
Ship class
| |
Ship country
| |
Ship in service
| |
Ship name
| |
Ship out of service
| |
Ship owner
| |
has abstract
| - John Purroy Mitchel was a fireboat operated by the FDNY. She was named after former mayor of New York City, John Purroy Mitchel. Grace Drennan, niece of Fire Commissioner Thomas J. Drennan played a ceremonial role in the vessels launch on July 24, 1921. Her launch was also attended by current mayor John Francis Hylan. John Purroy Mitchel was the city's first fireboat powered by fuel-oil, not coal. She was 132 feet (40 m) long, and her pumps could throw 9,000 gallons per minute, at pressure of 300 pounds per square inch. One of her water cannons was mounted on top of a 26 feet (7.9 m) tower. John Purroy Mitchel was built by , of Shooter's Island, and was budgeted at $220,000, but came in under budget, at $200,000. On October 5, 1926 the crew of the ocean liner Byron discovered a fire in one of her cargo holds. John Purroy Mitchel assisted William J. Gaynor, which was the first fireboat on scene. The two fireboats pumped water into the burning hold, and Byron reached the quarantine station under her own power. The vessel was still in operation in 1962, when the John Glenn joined the fleet. (en)
|
prov:wasDerivedFrom
| |
page length (characters) of wiki page
| |
cost ($)
| |
builder
| |
class
| |
country
| |
operator
| |
owner
| |
foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf
| |
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
of | |
is foaf:primaryTopic
of | |