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Dredge No. 6

Dredge (Self-propelled)
  • Built by Lobnitz & Co., Renfrew, Scotland (YN 248)
  • Completed for Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, Paris, as dredge Clapet No. 4, February 1884
  • Registered to Isthmian Canal Commission, Washington, DC, 1915
  • Registered to Panama Canal Company, Panama, 1915
  • Acquired by Navy and designated Dredge No. 6, 1917
  • Returned to Panama Canal Company, 28 December 1918
  • Hull sold for $150, August 1919
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 312 gross tons
    Length 140' 3"
    Beam 26' 6"
    Draft 14' 6"
    Propulsion compound 2-cylinder steam, 1 screw
    Description iron hull
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    YM-6 85k French Clapet No. 4 in the lower west chamber at Gatun, carrying Secretary of War Garrison and party through the Locks, 30 October 1913.
    From America's Triumph at Panama by Ralph Emmett Avery (1913)    		 Dave Wright
    YM-6 247k Clapet No. 4 underway in Panama Canal area, date unknown.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 101750    		 Dave Wright
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