Louis Behrens (fireboat)

The Louis Behrens, also known as Marine 101 is a fireboat commissioned by Charleston, South Carolina, in 2012.[1]

The boat is named after Louis Behrens, who was Chief of Charleston's fire department from 1907 until his death of 1932.[2] He was celebrated as the USA's longest serving fire chief.[3][4][5]

The vessel is 40 feet (12 m) long.[6]

Operational career

The vessel set out to rescue stranded sailors from the United States Navy, on April 14, 2013.[7] She was unable to complete the rescue, after her hull was punctured by floating debris. A Coast Guard vessel rescued the wounded USN sailors, while nearby vessels helped the Louis Behrens make its way back to her mooring.

References
  1. "Charleston receives new fire boatThe boat was named after the longest-serving fire chief, Louis BehrensDec 1". Fire Rescue magazine. 2012-12-01. Retrieved 2020-08-04. The "Louis Behrens" boat was named after the longest serving Fire Chief in the nation. Behrens, who passed away in 1932, served 58 years as Charleston Fire Chief.
  2. "Leadership: The vacancy at Charleston". Fire Engineering magazine. Vol. 41, no. 1. 1907-01-05. Retrieved 2020-08-04. The position of chief of the fire department of Charleston. S. C., having become vacant, owing to the sudden and lamented death of the late O. G. Marjenhoflf. it seems the universal opinion that Assistant Chief Louis Behrens will be his successor. He is a thorough fireman and is well known to the members of the New York city firemen with whom he spent a month, when he was attached to one of the hardest stations on the lower East Side of Manhattan, during the time that he was sent up to this city to be instructed in fire drill and to be thoroughly posted in all the methods to be followed in a high-grade fire department.
  3. "LOUIS BEHRENS DIES; A FAMOUS FIREMAN; Charleston (S.C.) Man Had the Longest Service Record of Any Fire Chief in Nation. ONCE ON THE FORCE HERE Friend of Kenlon and "Smoky Joe" Martin a Hero During Earthquake in Southern City in 1886". The New York Times. Charleston, South Carolina. 1932-10-13. p. 20. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  4. "CHIEF LOUIS BEHRENS HONORED ON 50TH YEAR OF ACTIVE SERVICE". Fire Engineering magazine. Vol. 79, no. 12. 1926-06-25. Retrieved 2020-08-04. The veteran chief was the recipient of hundreds of congratulations from Charleston's citizens, and was kept busy all day long responding to personal messages of felicitation and handshakes from his hosts of friends in official and civic circles.
  5. "Leadership: Chief Louis Behrens Dead". Fire Engineering magazine. Vol. 85, no. 11. 1932-11-01. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
  6. "Marine Team". City of Charleston, South Carolina. Retrieved 2020-08-04. Charleston Fire Department operates one Fireboat, Marine 101. The Louis Behrens was named after Chief Louis Behrens, who served as Chief of the Department for 58 years.
  7. "Charleston Fire boat hits buoy while helping stranded Navy vessel". WCIW-TV. Charleston, South Carolina. 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2020-08-04. A Charleston Fire Department rescue boat was dispatched late Saturday night to help a stranded Navy boat with injured crew members and ended up in an accident of its own.
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