Captain Crotty
Captain Crotty was Houston, Texas's second fireboat.[1] Commissioned in 1950, she replaced Port Houston.[2][3] She was joined by Houston's third fireboat, Captain J.L. Farnsworth in 1973. In 1983, she was retired and replaced by J.S. Bracewell and Howard T. Tellepsen.[4]
Captain Crotty was 79 feet (24 m) long, and built by R.T.C Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey.[2] According to Motorboating magazine, she was "highly maneuverable" and built to a "relatively inexpensive" design. She was named after Charles Crotty, who had been assistant director of the port.[5] The name was chosen through a contest.[6] After her retirement, she was sold to Ocean Diving Adventures Incorporated for $50,000.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "State-of-the-Art Emergency Response Vessel Headed Home". Port of Houston Authority. Houston. 2014-05-14. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
In 1924, a fire in the hold of a steamship carrying cotton prompted the Houston Fire Commissioner to declare that the Port of Houston needed adequate firefighting apparatus to attack fires from water as well as land. A bond election to pay for the city's first fireboat passed with a wide margin. This election occurred just one day after a fire along the banks of the Houston Ship Channel spread to oil on the water and burned for more than two hours, with flames as high as 40 feet.
- 1 2 "Fireboat for Houston". Motorboating magazine. Vol. 86, no. 1. July 1950. p. 122. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
Captain Crotty, a new 79-foot Diesel-powered fireboat for the Port of Houston, Texas, was launched recently at the R.T.C. Shipbuilding Co., Camden, New Jersey.
- ↑ Mark Lardas (2013). "The Port of Houston". Arcadia Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-4396-4428-7. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ Fire Museum of Houston; Tristan Smith (2015). "Houston Fire Department". Arcadia Publishing. p. 46, 62, 69. ISBN 978-1-4396-5152-0. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link) - ↑ "Illustrated City Book of Houston". University of Michigan. 1925. p. 181. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Rivers and Harbors". Vol. 35. University of Michigan. 1950. p. 36. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
- ↑ "Captain Crotty sold for $50,000". Port of Houston magazine. Vol. 28. 1984. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-08-30.