As a significant Great Lakes port there has been a need for fireboats in Milwaukee.

+ Fireboats in Milwaukee image name enteredservice retired notes Cataract 1889 1903 Fireboat 17 1893 1930 Previously named James Foley. Fireboat 23 1897 1922 Fireboat 15 1903 1952 Fireboat 29 1906 1948 Torrent 1922 1949 Presviously served a private railroad in Two Harbors, Minnesota Deluge 1949 1984 Roamer 1963 1984 Initially powered by waterjets, her propulsion had to be converted to conventional propellers. Fireboat 1 1984 1993 This was a military surplus amphibious truck Fireboat 1 2007 Metalcraft Marine 36' fireboat

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