Abram S. Hewitt (fireboat)
Abram S. Hewitt in 1905. | |
| 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. 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. She was commissioned in October 1903, and was named after recently deceased former mayor Abram Hewitt.