Alki (boat)

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The Alki showing off in 1940
Name:	Alki
Builder:	Pacific Coast Engineering
Launched:	1927
Out of service:	2013
General characteristics
Tonnage:	196 GT 133 NT[1]
Length:	118 feet (36 m)
Beam:	26 feet (7.9 m)
Depth:	10.8 feet (3.3 m)
Propulsion:	Two Cleveland 500 horsepower (370 kW) diesel engines[2]

The Alki is a long-serving fireboat in Seattle, Washington.^[2] The boat was built in 1927 and is 123 feet (37 m) long.

Seattle sits on both Puget Sound and a series of freshwater lakes, including Lake Union and Lake Washington.^[2] In 2002, after a large fire, where thirty vessels were destroyed, firefighting authorities decided to permanently station a fireboat on the lakes, because it takes an hour for a fireboat to traverse the locks between the lakes and the Ocean. Alki was the vessel chosen.

The boat has been taken out of service and was auctioned online beginning March 4, 2013,^[3] and sold for $71,000 on March 14, 2013, to an unknown buyer.^[4] It was stipulated by the City ahead of time that the high bidder must meet certain requirements, including appropriate insurance and moorage.