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Edward M. Cotter is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named William S. Grattan, it was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age, it was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Firefighter upon its return to service. The following year it was renamed Edward M. Cotter. its namesake, Edward Cotter, was a Buffalo firefighter and leader of the local firefighters union who had recently died.

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  • Edward M. Cotter is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named William S. Grattan, it was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age, it was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Firefighter upon its return to service. The following year it was renamed Edward M. Cotter. its namesake, Edward Cotter, was a Buffalo firefighter and leader of the local firefighters union who had recently died. Edward M. Cotter is considered to be the oldest active fireboat in the world and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1996. Along with its firefighting duties, during the winter Edward M. Cotter is used as an icebreaker on Buffalo's rivers. Edward M. Cotter mounts five fire monitors that are capable of pumping 15,000 US gallons per minute (0.95 m3/s; 12,000 imp gal/min). It can often be seen sailing out of its berth and south-west to Lake Erie, returning north through the breakwall and firing its fire monitors. (en)
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  • 1996-06-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Crescent Shipbuilding Co. (en)
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  • New York (en)
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  • Edward M. Cotter (en)
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  • Crescent Shipbuilding of Elizabeth City, New Jersey (en)
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  • *Water Pumping Capacity **Three double action steam pumps *** per minute **Four DeLaval Centrifugal Pumps *** per minute at (en)
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  • Edward M. Cotter escorting USS Little Rock (LCS-9). (en)
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  • thick belt line of Swedish steel around the icebreaking part of the hull (en)
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  • *Fire monitors: **3 **4 **5 (en)
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  • *2 × Babcock & Wilcox coal-fired boilers and steam engines; *Oil-fired boilers and steam engines *4 × Caterpillar D-397 diesel V-type 12-cylinder engines (en)
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  • *Single screw *Twin screws (en)
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  • *July 1928 - November 1930, Buffalo Dry Dock Company *November 1952 - November 1953, Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company (en)
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  • *Firefighter *Edward M. Cotter (en)
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  • Virginia Pearson (en)
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  • Fireboat EDWARD M. COTTER, Moored on the Buffalo River at 155 Ohio Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY (en)
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  • Edward M. Cotter is a fireboat in use by the Buffalo Fire Department at Buffalo, New York, United States. Originally named William S. Grattan, it was built in 1900 by the Crescent Shipyard of Elizabeth Port, New Jersey. Due to age, it was rebuilt in 1953 and renamed Firefighter upon its return to service. The following year it was renamed Edward M. Cotter. its namesake, Edward Cotter, was a Buffalo firefighter and leader of the local firefighters union who had recently died. (en)
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  • William S. Grattan (Engine 20) (en)
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