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|image_caption=”Thomas Willett”, celebrating July 4th, 1908.
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1908 New York City Fire Department ship
 Thomas Willett, celebrating July 4th, 1908. |
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| Name | Thomas Willett |
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| Namesake | Thomas Willett |
| Port of registry | New York City, United States |
| Builder | T. S. Marvel Shipbuilding, Newburgh, NY[1] |
| Yard number | 185 |
| Completed | 1908 |
| Out of service | 1959 |
| Renamed |
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| Fate | Sold, converted to passenger vessel by Circle Line |
| Name | Circle Line XIV |
| Owner | Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises |
| Acquired | 1959 |
| Identification | USCG Doc #: 204989 |
| Status | Floating office in Morris Canal Basin, Jersey City |
| Type | Fireboat |
| Displacement | 580 net tons |
| Length | 123 ft (37 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Capacity | 9000 gpm |
Thomas Willett was a New York City Fire Department fireboat.[2] She was launched in 1908 and retired in 1959. She was built as a steam-engine powered vessel with coal-fired boilers. She was converted to oil-fired boilers in 1926.
Operational history
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At 02:00 hrs on July 5, 1927, a fire was discovered among cotton bales in the number 6 cargo hold of RMS Ebro as she approached New York. She docked in the North River just before 10:00 hrs, disambarked her passengers, and then John Purroy Mitchel and Thomas Willett fought the fire. It was extinguished by 14:00 hrs.[3]
On August 14, 1927, a tugboat of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, towing two barges of railway rolling stock, collided with a train of rock barges towed by Henry F. Wills.[4] Thomas Willett responded, when one barge was sunk and others damaged, saving their crew.
The FDNY retired Thomas Willett in 1959 and put her up for public sale.[2] She was acquired by Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, who converted here into a tour boat and renamed her Circle Line XIV. As of 2021 she survives in Morris Canal Basin, Jersey City, as a floating office for Statue Cruises.[5]
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