Two enhanced fireboats for the Port of Long Beach

摘要

By the end of next year, the Port of Long Beach (Calif.) will have a pair of new high-performance fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. and built by Foss Maritime at its Foss Seattle Shipyard. The two new fireboats will measure 108'x35' and have a 15' navigational draft and 45' air draft. Propulsion power will be provided by pairs of Caterpillar 3512C main engines, combining for 2,012 hp, turning Voith Schneider propellers. An additional two Caterpillar 3512C engines and one Cat C12 engine will team up with the drive engines to power the array of seven firefighting pumps, ranging in size from 2,000 gpm to 8,000 gpm with a total aggregate capacity of 41,000 gpm.