Fire Island Ferries is a passenger and freight ferry service, serving the Western communities of Fire Island, New York.
History Edward J. Mooney, who joined the company in 1948, acquired Fire Island Ferries in 1972. After Mooney's death in December 2020, his casket was taken around Great South Bay for a memorial aboard one of the company's ferry boats."Obituary: Captain Edwin J. Mooney Jr., owner of Fire Island Ferries", Greater Long Island, December 31, 2020. Accessed December 31, 2020. "Captain Edwin J. Mooney Jr., born in Teaneck, N.J., in 1929, started working for Fire Island Ferries as a deckhand after moving to Bay Shore in 1948. Twenty-four years later, in 1972, he would come to purchase the company, and proceed to grow it to Fire Island’s largest ferry provider."
Zee Line Ferry Acquisition
South Bay Water Taxi Acquisition
Fire aboard the Fire Island Belle On September 20, 2009, at 10:10 eastern daylight time, the passenger ferry Fire Island Belle, with 100 passengers, the vessel master, and two deckhands on board, experienced an engine room fire in the Great South Bay between Long Island and Fire Island, New York. The vessel had departed Ocean Beach, Fire Island, 10 minutes earlier, and was approximately from the dock at Fair Harbor, Fire Island, when the fire broke out.
No passengers or crewmembers were injured, and no pollution resulted. The cost of repairing the vessel was $490,000. The U.S. Coast Guard was the lead investigative agency in the accident. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided assistance with fire investigation and metallurgical analysis.
Destinations
Kismet Saltaire (village) Fair Harbor Dunewood Atlantique Ocean Beach (village) Seaview Ocean Bay Park
Fire Island Ferry Fleet
Passenger Ferries +Vessel NameYear builtShipbuilderClassFire Island Miss engines: 3 Detroit diesel 12v71 two strokes (alternates as freight)1976Blount BoatsCaptain PattersonFirebird (Engine swapped from Detroit Diesel 12v71 two strokes to John Deere inline 6, 4 strokes)1983Blount BoatsFirebirdStranger ( 2 Detroit Diesel 12v71 two strokes)1985Gulf CraftVoyager (Engine swapped from Detroit Diesel 12v71 two strokes to JD Engines)1990Gulf CraftFirebirdExplorer (engine Swap from Detroit Diesel 12v71 two strokes to JD engine)1991Gulf CraftFirebirdFire Island Flyer2001Blount BoatsFlyerFire Island Belle (Engine Swap from Detroit Diesel series 60 to JD Engines)2009Blount BoatsFlyerFire Island Queen (Engine Swapped from Detroit Diesel series 60 to JD Engines)2011Gladding HearnFlyerFire Islander2013Blount BoatsFlyerIsle of Fire2019Blount BoatsFlyer
Freight Ferries +Vessel NameYear builtShipbuilderVagabond1978Blount BoatsAmerica2002Derecktor Shipyards
Fire Island Water Taxi
Fire Island Marine Services
Fleet
+Vessel NameCategoryYear builtShipbuilderAlbatrossPushboatCormorantPushboatEaglePushboatMiller MarineFire Island MaidMulti-purpose vehicle ferry (Ro-Pax)2023Metal SharkGannetPushboatPelicanPushboatOspreyBargeOsprey IIPushboatTurtleMulti-purpose vehicle ferry (Ro-Pax)2016Miller Marine
References
External links Fire Island Ferries
Fire Island Travel Guide