Jack Buck (fireboat)

{{Short description|Fireboat operated by the St. Louis Fire Department}}

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The Jack Buck is a fireboat operated by the St. Louis Fire Department in St. Louis, Missouri.

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|url = http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/b51fe42a73c11e05faf6aa8891aef5ee/New-St-Louis-Fire-Department-fire-boat/

|title = New St. Louis Fire Department fire boat

|publisher = United Press International

|author = Bill Greenblatt

|date = 2003-05-17

|archivedate = 2013-10-01

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She was commissioned On May 17, 2003.

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|url = http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/fire/

|title = Fire Department: Established on Sept. 14, 1857, the St. Louis Fire Department is the second oldest career Fire Department in the United States

|publisher = City of St. Louis

|archivedate = 2013-09-16

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130916080606/http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/public-safety/fire/

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|quote = Marine Operations with a Boston Whaler called the "Jack Buck", which is permanently moored on the Mississippi River, along with several other small rapidly deploy-able boats.

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At that time she was the fire department's largest vessel, even though the city described her as a "Boston Whaler". She is {{convert|27|ft|m}} long.

In 2010 the Jack Buck helped extinguish a fire that destroyed the excursion boat Robert E. Lee.

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|url = http://williamgreenblattphotography.zenfolio.com/p619519673/h2B96407B#h2b96407b

|title = St. Louis Fire Department fire boat Jack Buck throws water on the remains of the excursion boat The Robert E. Lee ...

|author = William Greenblatt

|date = 2010-03-21

|archivedate = 2016-03-04

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304233535/http://williamgreenblattphotography.zenfolio.com/p619519673/h2B96407B#h2b96407b

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|quote = St. Louis Fire Department fire boat Jack Buck throws water on the remains of the excursion boat The Robert E. Lee

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