How do you fight for Maritime education and diversity?
How about 7,500 Gallons of water per minute?
Fireboat Moku Ahi
Captain Ryan C. Davis , Commanding
Specifications:
110’ Long / 22’ beam / 6’ draft
Power plant: (2) six cylinder Detroit Diesels
4 Fire cannons (2 aft, 1 foreward, 1 on the conning tower) total output: 7,500 Gallons Per Minute (GPM) flow rate
History:
She was originally an ocean fire fighting boat out of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (1990 - 2014)
In Hawaiian, one definition of Moku is ship or boat. Ahi is fire. So, Moku Ahi is, literally, ”fire boat.”
The word mokuahi was originally used to refer to a steamship.
Moku Ahi was built by Moss Point Marine (now part of VT Halter Marine) of Escatawpa, Mississippi. Leaving Mississippi, she sailed through the Panama canal and over to Pearl Harbor. She arrived in Honolulu in early January 1993. Officially Retired from active Fire service in 2018 . She has taken a new mission to escort hazardous cargo, and
help to support
the Maritime Youth Skills Training (MYST) Program. Keeping the dream Alive in the next generation of mariners.
Curious to learn more about the fireboat and her mission? Contact us.
Come check out The Heritage of the Fire Boat Moku Ahi
Coming to a port near you.
Moku Ahi embodied the spirit of her times. The Name and the ship were tokens of cultural cooperation in the 90’s.
A generation later, Moku Ahi will continue her mission. She will be inspired, modified, and sailed by a diverse crew with the goal to educate and inspire the next generation of mariners. All aboard.
