The Curtis Randolph is a fireboat operated by the Detroit Fire Department.The 74.58-foot (22.73 m) vessel was launched in 1979, and is named after a young firefighter who died in the line of duty in 1977. Mayor Coleman A. Young commissioned the vessel. According to the it is the "only Class A fireboat on the waterways between Chicago and Cleveland." The boat can pump 11,000 gallons per minute. The Curtis Randolph replaced the John Kendall, an older vessel that required a crew of ten, including five men whose sole responsibility was to stoke the steam engines.