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Source:
LAFD Photo Album Collection
Dedication Ceremonies for Fire Boat 3
NEW FIRE BOAT
CHRISTENED AT L. A. HARBOR
Newspaper article, March 16, 1928
Boat
Specifications
By Captain M. P. Allen, Fire Boat No. 2-A, March 1945
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Fire Boat No. 3
Fire Boat No. 3 was
built by the Fellows and Stewart Shipyard at Wilmington. The boat
was built as an auxiliary to Fireboat 2 and was moored alongside
Boat 2's quarters.
Launched March 15, 1928 and commissioned
March 22. All
wood construction. Length 38' 4", beam 10' 2", draft
2' 6", powered
by 275 H.P. Hall Scott Invader. This engine also drives the
Byron Jackson centrifugal pump -290 G.P.M. at 125 pounds pump
pressure through three outlets and a foam generator. The fuel capacity is 185 gallons.
Fire Boat No. 3 carries a foamite generator and 8 cans of foamite powder, MSA hose
mask, grappling and drag hooks, 10' roof ladder, two 50 lb. CO-2 tanks
with pin nozzle, two type "D" CO-2 and 28 life
jackets.
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LAFD Photo Album Collection
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Fireman Joseph V. "Rocky" Roquemore,
alone aboard Los Angeles' Fireboat No. 3, single-handedly rescued 17
sailors and workers who had jumped or were thrown into the water when
explosions and fires erupted from Navy landing craft and a wooden dock on
October 21, 1944. The $10,000 boat, commissioned March 13, 1928, was
wooden and gasoline-powered; further adding to the dangers Roquemore
faced during his rescues which remain unparalleled in the history of the
Los Angeles fireboat fleet. The boat, mainly intended as an
auxiliary to Fireboat No. 2, was decommissioned, July
28, 1967 and sold.
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