The ''George B. McClellan'' was a

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operated by the

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from 1904 to 1954. She was designed by Harry deBerkley Parsons, as were other FDNY fireboats built at the time. The capacity of the ''George B. McClellan''s pumps was per minute. The ''George B. McClellan'' was wrecked by an explosion, in 1954. Another fireboat, the John D. McKean, was named after an engineer who died when he stayed at his post on the ''George B. McClellan'' when she exploded. The ''George B. McClellan'' was named after the then-incumbent

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, the son of the

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General.

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{{New York City Fire Department Fireboats of New York City 1904 ships Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation