Fire Fighting Along Texas City Waterfront. Disregarding the danger of further explosions, the Coast Guard fireboar CG-64309 noses in to the dock and pours a steady stream of water on the raging fire at the Monsanto Chemical Company plant at Texas City, Texas. While land-based fire fighters were busy ashore, the Coast Guard rushed in with two of these specially built fireboats, plus the cutter Iris, and poured ton after ton of water on the raging flames from the waterfront. Fighting waterfront fires is one of the important duties of the Coast Guard. Commanding Officer of the CG-64309 is Lieuten
Fire Fighting Along Texas City Waterfront. Disregarding the danger of further explosions, the Coast Guard fireboar CG-64309 noses in to the dock and pours a steady stream of water on the raging fire at the Monsanto Chemical Company plant at Texas City, Texas. While land-based fire fighters were busy ashore, the Coast Guard rushed in with two of these specially built fireboats, plus the cutter Iris, and poured ton after ton of water on the raging flames from the waterfront. Fighting waterfront fires is one of the important duties of the Coast Guard. Commanding Officer of the CG-64309 is Lieutenant () W. E. McElroy, USCG.
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