Protector (fireboat)
The City of Long Beach, California started to operate a new fireboat, now known as the ''Protector'', in May 2014. The vessel was known as ''Fireboat 20'', until she was officially commissioned, on June 8, 2016. A sister ship will follow within a year. The two new vessels will replace the ''Challenger'' and the ''Liberty'', commissioned in 1987. The earlier vessels had a troubled maintenance record. She will be one of the most powerful fireboats in the world. ''Protector'' is propelled by a pair of Voith-Schneider propellers, an advanced propulsion system that bears some resemblance to helicopter propulsion, and enable instantaneous changes in the propeller thrust. She is 108 feet long, with a maximum speed of 13 knots. Her ten water cannon can pump 41,000 gallons per minute, more than four times as much as her predecessors. She is able to throw her water up to in the air, and up to away. The two vessels were designed by Robert Allan Limited, a firm known for designing man ...
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Flag Of The United States
The national flag of the United States, United States of America, often referred to as the ''American flag'' or the ''U.S. flag'', consists of thirteen equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the Glossary of vexillology#Flag elements, canton (referred to specifically as the "union") bearing fifty small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows, where rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternate with rows of five stars. The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 U.S. states, and the 13 stripes represent the Thirteen Colonies, thirteen British colonies that declared independence from Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain, and became the first states in the U.S. Nicknames for the flag include the ''Stars and Stripes'', ''Old Glory'', and the ''Star-Spangled Banner''. History The current design of the U.S. flag is its 27th; the design of the flag has been modified officially 26 times since 1777. ...
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