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{{short description|Retired New York City fireboat}}
{{distinguish|SS John Harvey}}
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'''''John J. Harvey''''' is a [[fireboat]] formerly of the [[New York City Fire Department|New York City Fire Department (FDNY)]] in [[New York City]], famed for returning to service following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].<ref name="fireboatorg" /><ref name="harborheroes" /> She is one of the most powerful fireboats ever built, capable of pumping up to 18,000 gallons of water a minute.

== New York Fire Department Service ==
Launched in 1931, ''John J. Harvey'' served in the [[FDNY]] until she was brought out of service in 1994. She was named for marine fireman John J. Harvey, killed when a ship exploded during a fire. Among the marine fires at which she assisted were the [[Cunard Line]] pier fire in 1932, the burning of {{SS|Normandie||2}} in 1942, the ammunition ship {{SS|El Estero||2}} in 1943,<ref>http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/ThiesenElEstero.pdf The El Estero Fire</ref> and [[Loss of MV Alva Cape|the collision]] of the [[oil tanker]]s ''Alva Cape'' and ''Texaco Massachusetts'' in 1966.  Her official designation at the end of her career was ''Marine 2''.

''John J. Harvey'' was sold at auction in 1999 to a private consortium of marine [[preservationist]]s determined to prevent her from being [[Ship breaking|scrapped]]. She was restored and began hosting frequent public free trips on the river.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.1931fireboat.org/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.1931fireboat.org}}</ref> In June 2000 she was added to the [[National Park Service]]'s [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Register Database and Research - National Register of Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/database-research.htm |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=www.nps.gov |at=Ref# 00000576 |language=en}}</ref>

==September 11, 2001==
Shortly after the attacks on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] on [[September 11, 2001]], the boat's owners asked FDNY officials for permission to assist in [[Maritime response following the September 11 attacks|maritime evacuations]] from [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]].<ref name="ship">{{cite web |title=Historic Fireboat Aids in New York City Response and Recovery at the World Trade Center |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/highlight/fireboat.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=4 August 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225070042/https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/highlight/fireboat.htm |archive-date=25 February 2021}}</ref> Meanwhile, firefighters had determined that the vast scale of destruction had damaged many fire mains, depriving fire crews of water. Officials radioed ''John J. Harvey,'' asking if her pumps still worked. Responding that they did, she was told to drop off her passengers as soon as possible and return to the disaster site, reactivating her official designation ''Marine 2''. Alongside two other FDNY fireboats, {{ship||John D. McKean|fireboat|2}} and {{ship||Fire Fighter|fireboat|2}}, she pumped water at the site for 80 hours, until water mains were restored.<ref name="mya">{{cite news |last1=Attaway |first1=Roy |title=Born-Again Hero |url=http://powerandmotoryacht.com/features/0202bornagain/index1.html |access-date=4 August 2020 |work=Power & Motor Yacht |date=August 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030719174100/https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/features/0202bornagain/index1.html |archive-date=19 July 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>  The [[National Trust for Historic Preservation]] gave ''John J. Harvey'' a special National Preservation Award to recognize this incident.

The ship's response became the subject of a 2002 [[children's book]].

== Recent History ==
In 2018, she was repainted in a red and white dazzle pattern as part of an art project by [[Tauba Auerbach]], in commemoration of the [[dazzle camouflage]] used on World War I ships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/historic-nyc-fireboat-dons-dazzle-paint/|title = Historic NYC fireboat dons 'dazzle' paint|last=Moore|first=Kirk|date=July 5, 2018|website=WorkBoat}}</ref>

The fireboat is currently moored at [[North River Pier 66a]], located at [[12th Avenue (Manhattan)|12th Avenue]] and [[26th Street (Manhattan)|26th Street]] on the [[North River (Hudson River)|Hudson River]], alongside the [[United States lightship Frying Pan (LV-115)|Lightship Frying Pan]] at the barge for Pier 66 Maritime in Hudson River Park.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:John J. Harvey Fireboat, City of Water Day (42690282484).jpg|alt=|''John J. Harvey'' painted in red and white as an art project
File:New York 2016-05 35.jpg|''John J. Harvey'' underway near the Statue of Liberty
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==References==
'''Notes'''
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="fireboatorg">[http://www.fireboat.org/ official site], fireboat.org</ref>
<ref name="harborheroes">{{cite web |url=http://www.harborheroes.org/boats.html |title=The Maritime Evacuation of Manhattan on September 11, 2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726141614/http://www.harborheroes.org/boats.html |archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref>
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'''Further reading'''
* ''Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey'', by [[Maira Kalman]], 2002. {{ISBN|0-399-23953-7}}\

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|John J. Harvey (ship, 1931)}}
* {{Official website |1=http://www.1931fireboat.org/}}
* {{HAER |survey=NY-335 |id=ny2028 |title=Fireboat JOHN J. HARVEY, Pier 63, North River, New York, New York County, NY |photos=9 |data=7 |cap=2}}
* {{MarineTraffic|id=4086089}}

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