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USACE Dredge McFarland


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Echo - Charlie - Kilo
 AECK
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge:
  • Built in 1966, at Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Sparrow Point, MD.
  • Launched in 1966
  • Delivered in 1966
  • Commissioned in 1966 and placed in service as USACE Dredge McFarland
  • Assigned to US ARmy Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District
  • Current Disposition, Active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,960 t.
    Length 318'
    Beam unknown 74'
    Depth 33'
    Draft 23' (loaded)
    Speed 14 kts, 12 kts (loaded)
    Range unknown
    Capacity1,960 cu yds
    Hopper Volume 2402 m³
    Dredging Depth 16.76 m
    Suction pipe Diameter 0.86 m
    Number of Dredging Pipes 1
    Complement
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    4 Alco - 12-251-C engines
    Total Power 4476 kW
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    McFarland
    30260301    		 188k USACE Dredge McFarland exiting the eastern entrance to the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal at Reedy Point, Delaware, date unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo Digital Visual Library. IMO # 7739856    		 Robert Hurst
    McFarland
    30260302    		 266k USACE Dredge McFarland underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260303    		 368k USACE McFarland alongside a barge, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260304    		 368k USACE Dredge McFarland underway, date and location unknown
    Photos from Vesseltracker.com, ©Frederico Bolognini    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260305    		 121k
    McFarland
    30260306    		 319k USACE Dredge McFarland moored pierside, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260307    		 35k USACE McFarland underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260308    		 58k USACE Dredge McFarland underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photos    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260309    		 174k USACE Dredge McFarland moored pierside, date and location unknown
    US zphotos    		 Dredgepoint
    McFarland
    30260310
    (DN-ST-87-0031)    		 261k USACE Dredge McFarland underway on the Elizabeth River at Norfolk, VA., circa 1987
    US Army photos DN-ST-87-0031 and DN-ST-87-9933    		  
    McFarland
    30260311
    (DN-ST-87-0033)    		 258k
    McFarland
    30260317
    190312-A-BZ847-146    		 89k USACE Dredge McFarland owned and operated by USACE Philadelphia District, conducted urgent dredging for 62 days on the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River starting in late March of 2015. The dredge was called upon because high stages impacted navigation along the Mississippi River.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo #'s 190312-A-BZ847-146, 170418-A-EO314-345, 150518-A-EO314-108, 150518-A-EO314-109 150518-A-EO314-106 150518-A-EO314-110    		 Tommy Trampp
    McFarland
    30260316
    170418-A-EO314-345    		 736k
    McFarland
    30260312
    150518-A-EO314-108    		 1593k
    McFarland
    30260313
    150518-A-EO314-109    		 1313k
    McFarland
    30260314
    150518-A-EO314-106    		 550k
    McFarland
    30260315
    150518-A-EO314-110    		 550k
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