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propulsion, and enable instantaneous changes in the propeller thrust. It is 108 feet long, with a maximum speed of 13 knots. The ship's ten water cannons can pump 41,000 gallons per minute, more than four times as much as its predecessors. The cannons are able to throw water up to 236 feet
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380:"Port of Long Beach commissions second Foss-built fireboatBy Kirk Moore on NOVEMBER 13,"
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