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NEW YORK – The Fireboat John McKean might have figured out this retirement thing after all.  Purchased at auction in 2016 — for $57,400, by Westchester restaurateurs Michael Kaphan and Edward Taylor — the McKean, which ferried people to safety and pumped water to the smoldering World Trade Center on 9/11, has had a peripatetic five years. It has been acting more like a Manhattan socialite than a hard-working former member of the FDNY. It flirted with the restaurant business, had run-ins...

Retired FDNY fireboat to open as a floating museum Retired fire boat now a floating museum The John D. McKean was an FDNY fire boat from 1955 until 2010. It was sold at auction and then restored so it can go on display as a floating museum. NEW YORK - A fireboat that took part in some of New York Citys most high-profile response and rescue efforts is about to open to the public as a floating testament to history. The John D. McKean, named for Marine Engineer John D. McKean, who was burned in a ...