Fireboats of San Francisco

As a major port a number of fireboats of San Francisco have been operated by the city of San Francisco since 1878.

United States Navy fireboats USS Leslie (1861), USS Fortune (1865) and USS Active (1888) were employed to fight the fires triggered in the aftermath of the disastrous 1906 San Francisco earthquake. These vessels were not operated by the San Francisco Fire Department, which did not have any active fireboats at the time of the disaster.