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Name | Warner L. Lawrence |
Namesake | Captain Warner Lawrence |
Operator | Los Angeles Fire Department |
Builder | Nichols Brothers Boat Builders |
Launched | 17 January 2003 |
Christened | 12 April 2003 |
Acquired | 21 March 2003 |
In service | in active service |
Homeport | Port of Los Angeles |
Identification | |
Status | In service as of 2020 |
General characteristics | |
Length | 114 feet 10 inches (35.00 m) |
Beam | 32 feet 9 inches (9.98 m) |
Draft | 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m) |
Depth | 13 feet 4 inches (4.06 m) |
Installed power | 2 × 1,800 horsepower (1,300 kW) MTU 12V-4000 |
Propulsion | Voith Schneider cycloidal drive |
Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Capacity | 12 firefighters |
Crew | 6 |
Warner Lawrence is afireboat owned and operated by theLos Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) inLos Angeles.[1] Designed byRobert Allan Ltd. in the early 2000s,Warner Lawrence was built inWashington and delivered toSan Pedro on 21 May 2003. She was dedicated on 12 April of that year. She was built byNichols Boats ofFreeland, Washington, according to theLAFD. She replaced the fireboatRalph J. Scott.
It is an omnidirectional vessel driven by twoVoith Schneider Propellers type 26 GII/165-AE 45[citation needed].Warner Lawrence has the capability to pump up to 38,000 US gallons per minute (2.397 m3/s) up to 400 feet (121.9 m) in the air; has 10 monitors. Its pumps are powered by two 1,575 horsepower (1,174 kW) pump engines. It has a fully equipped medical suite; can deploy a bucket and ladder to 50 feet (15 m) at up to 600 pounds (270 kg). A diving platform can be deployed to 10 feet (3.0 m) below the surface.
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