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| History | |
|---|---|
  United States | |
| Name | Abram S. Hewitt |
| Operator | Fire Department of New York City |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Launched | July 11, 1903 |
| In service | 1903 |
| Out of service | 1958 |
| Fate | Abandoned at Staten Island boat graveyard |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fireboat |
| Length | 117 feet (36 m) |
| Beam | 25 feet (7.6 m) |
| Draft | 10.5 feet (3.2 m) |
| Notes | Pumping capacity 7,000 gallons per minute |
The Abram S. Hewitt was a coal-powered fireboat operated by the Fire Department of New York City from 1903 to 1958.[1][2][3] She was the department's last coal-powered vessel and had a pumping capacity of 7,000 gallons per minute.
She was launched on July 11, 1903, at the shipyards of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey.[4] She was commissioned in October 1903, and was named after recently deceased former mayor Abram Hewitt.[4][1][2][5]
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NYTimes1903-07-12was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The "Abram S. Hewitt" and the "Firefighter" extinguishing a pier fire". New York City Department of Records and Information Services. Retrieved 10 November 2018.