1. ^^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://www.twofrog.com/fireboats.html| title = Fireboats - Philadelphia, PA, - Baltimore, MD - Chicago, Il | work = | author = | date = | page = | location = | isbn = | language = | trans_title = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2018-09-05| deadurl = No | quote = The Franklin and the Delaware are sister ships built in 1950 at RTC shipbuilding in Camden, NJ.}}
2. ^¹ {{cite web | url = https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-146.pdf| title = Special Report: Fireboats; Then and Now| publisher = FEMA| author = | date = | page = 18, 19, 27| location = | isbn = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20040921090502/https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/publications/tr-146.pdf| archivedate = 2004-09-21| accessdate = 2017-01-05| deadurl = No | quote = For example, the Port of Philadelphia is the sixth busiest port in the United States with over 2,700 ports of call made annually by commercial vessels. Yet their fireboats average only one response every two weeks. }}
3. ^^1 2 {{cite news | url = http://ral.ca/2007/12/20/ranger-2000-class-fireboat-independence-philadelphia-robert-allan-ltd/| title = Ranger 2000 class fireboat Independence for Philadelphia from Robert Allan Ltd.| work = Robert Allan Limited| author = | date = 2007-12-20| page = | location = | isbn = | language = | trans_title = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | accessdate = 2018-09-05| deadurl = No | quote = This new fast response, shallow-draft fireboat, which is of all-welded aluminium construction, is designed to specifically address the fire fighting and rescue needs of the Philadelphia region waterfront. }}