The ''David Campbell'' was a fireboat built in 1912 for Oregon's

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. She was a steam-powered vessel, built in a Michigan shipyard, disassembled, shipped in pieces, and reassembled in

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. Her engines could develop The ''David Campbell'' had two identical sister ships, the ''

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''. Following her retirement, in 1928, she was converted to a schooner, and remains afloat, in Alaska. She was replaced by another vessel, or the same name, that remained in use at least until 2012.

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, date = 2015-12-14 , accessdate = 2017-03-19 , url-status = live , quote = The David Campbell was one of three identical fireboats built using this plan and they patrolled the Willamette River during the middle part of the 20th Century. {{cite news , url = http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/418 , title = Portland fire boat DAVID CAMPBELL, Portland, Oregon , publisher = University of Washington , accessdate = 2017-03-19 , url-status = live , quote = The DAVID CAMPBELL was a steam fireboat of steel construction. She was built at Portland in 1913. Her machinery could develop 1,200 housepower. She remained in service until 1928 (p. 224). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). {{cite news , url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLrFVLdipt4 , title = NW32TV presents "The David Campbell Fire Boat" with Nik J. Miles , publisher =

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