John Kendall (fireboat)

The John Kendall was a steam-powered fireboat launched in 1929 by the Toledo Shipbuilding Company and operated by the Detroit Fire Department from 1930 to 1976.

[5] According to Bob Dombrowski, the author of 38 Years: a Detroit Firefighter's Story, she was 135 feet (41 m) long.

[3] The vessel's namesake had followed his father's footsteps, and joined the Fire Department as a volunteer, when he was just fourteen years old.

John Kendall was appointed Detroit's third Fire Department Chief in 1898.

Detroit's fifth and most recent fireboat, the Curtis Randolph, was named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty.