Historic fireboat departs
October 07, 2020 12:00 am
• Last Updated: October 07, 2020 8:24 am
Volunteer crew members Aiden Davis, left, and Philip Medbery drop the spring lines Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, as the historic New York City fireboat Fire Fighter departs the Custom House Pier in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
After a summer docked at the Custom House Pier, the historic New York City fireboat Fire Fighter departed for a maintenance trip to a Rhode Island shipyard.
The vessel, which served the Fire Department of the city of New York from 1938 to 2010, is operated out of Greenport, N.Y., as America's Fireboat-Fire Fighter Museum.
Fire Fighter was open for tours on weekends this summer.
Charles Ritchie of the America's Fireboat-Fire Fighter Museum says they expect to spend about a month in drydock at J. Goodison shipyard in North Kingstown and then hope to spend the remainder of the fall and winter at Mystic Seaport Museum.
The historic New York City fireboat Fire Fighter on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, departs the Custom House Pier in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
Volunteer crew member Aiden Davis releases the bow line Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, as the historic New York City fireboat Fire Fighter departs the Custom House Pier in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
The historic New York City fireboat Fire Fighter departs New London Harbor on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, after leaving Custom House Pier in New London. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) Buy Photo Reprints
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