Three Forty Three
{{Short description|FDNY Fireboat}}
{{about|the fireboat|other uses|343 (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image = Peter Stehlik - FDNY Three Forty Three - 2012.05.17.jpg |Ship caption = Three Forty Three }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header = |Ship country = New York City Fire Department |Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|New York City|government}} |Ship name = Three Forty Three |Ship operator = New York City Fire Department |Ship ordered = |Ship awarded = December 28, 2007 |Ship builder = Eastern Shipbuilding Group |Ship yard number = 968 |Ship laid down = May 2008 |Ship launched = September 11, 2009 |Ship sponsor = United States Department of Homeland Security |Ship christened = September 11, 2009 |Ship completed = April, 2010 |Ship acquired = June 23, 2010 |Ship commissioned = May 26, 2010 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service=September 12, 2010 |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Pier 53, Hudson River |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|367597230}}
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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.{{Cite web |url=http://marine1fdny.com/ |title=Marine 1 F.d.n.y}} Designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built to replace the 1954 {{ship||John D. McKean|fireboat|2}}. 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 {{ship||Fire Fighter II}} was delivered and placed in service with Marine 9 in November 2010 to replace the 70-year-old {{ship||Fire Fighter|fireboat|2}}, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and represented the city's first major investment in new fireboats in 50 years.[http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/pdf/publications/annual_reports/2012_annual_report.pdf FDNY Annual Report 2012], p. 7
File:Fireboat Three Forty Three in front of Empire State Building.jpg
Features
The {{convert|140|ft|adj=on}}, 500-ton, $27 million fast response boat is the country's largest fireboat, with a maximum speed of {{convert|18|kn|lk=in}}. The Three Forty Three incorporates the latest technology available for marine vessels, including the capability of pumping {{convert|50000|USgal}} of water per minute, nearly {{cvt|30000|USgal}} more than its predecessor. It has an operating crew of seven.
References
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Category:Service vessels of the United States
Category:Fireboats of New York City
Category:Ships built in Panama City, Florida
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