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DELUGE (Firefighting Tug)

New Orleans, Louisiana
County of Orleans.
National Register Number: 89001427
 Resource type: Structure.
Property type: Transportation - water -related. The threat level was Satisfactory in
2004.
Congressional District: LA-1,2 Certified Local Government: NO
Current use/information: Working fireboat.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - June 30, 1989):
Considered the best preserved example of turn of the century fireboat, the firefighting tug DELUGE is the oldest surviving fireboat associated with the Port of New Orleans. DELUGE is an excellent example of a major port's large fireboat of the 1920s. Fireboats remain important aspects of port activities, protecting life and property afloat and ashore as an indispensable, work-a-day contribution to the nation's maritime trade and commerce.

As of August, 2004, the owner of the DELUGE is completing its restoration.


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