Name Alki Out of service 2013 Length 118 feet (36 m) | Launched 1927 Tonnage 196 GT
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Builder Pacific Coast Engineering | ||
The Alki is a long-serving fireboat in Seattle, Washington. The boat was built in 1927 and is 123 feet (37 m) long.
Seattle sits on both Puget Sound and a series of freshwater lakes, including Lake Union and Lake Washington. In 2002, after a large fire, where thirty vessels were destroyed, firefighting authorities decided to permanently station a fireboat on the lakes, because it takes an hour for a fireboat to traverse the locks between the lakes and the Ocean. Alki was the vessel chosen.
The boat has been taken out of service and was auctioned online beginning March 4, 2013, and sold for $71,000 on March 14, 2013, to an unknown buyer. It was stipulated by the City ahead of time that the high bidder must meet certain requirements, including appropriate insurance and moorage.