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1931 Matthew J. Boyle

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Shop# Year Maker Model
— 1931 George Lawley
Shipyard, Quincy
125ft length, 9ft draft, 29’6″ beam, 12,000 gpm
pump, displacement 338.91 tons, cost $349,504.
Named for an East Boston native wounded in WWI
and died in March, 1930. He was Vice-Commander
of the Mass. American Legion at the time of death.

 

Shop# Years Company
— 1931-1954 Engine 44 ‘MV Matthew J. Boyle’

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