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USED Fort Gage
ex
 USED Dredge No. 5


International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Delta - Delta
 WYDD
Dustpan Suction Dredge:
  • Built in 1908 at Dubuque Barge and Boilers Works, Dubuque IA.
  • Launched date unknown
  • Delivered and placed in service as USED Dredge Number 5 in 1908
  • Assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District
  • Named changed to Fort Gage, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 850 T.
    Length 222'
    Beam 45'
    Draft 8'
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    sternwheel
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    Fort Gage
    30260703    		 62k
    Namesake
    Fort Gage FORT KASKASKIA situated on the eastern bluffs of the Kaskaskia River, opposite the village of Kaskaskia. It was erected and occupied by the British in 1772. and captured 4 July 1778 by Virginia state forces under the command of George Rogers Clark.
    Historic American Buildings Survey Lester Jones, Photographer October 1, 1940. EAST BASTIONS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST - Fort Kaskaskia (Ruins), Fort Gage, Randolph County, IL.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Fort Gage
    30260701    		 64k USED Dredge Fort Gage dredging a channel, 30 August 1937, location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District photo # 2737    		 US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Fort Gage
    30260702    		 76k USACE Dredge Fort Gage dredging a channel, circa 1952, location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo     		Dredgepoint.org
    Fort Gage
    30260704    		 118k USACE Dredge Fort Gage at Engineer Service Base, St. Louis, MO., date unknown.
    University of Missouri, St. Louis Digital Library    		 Tommy Trampp
    Fort Gage
    30260705    		 112k USACE Dredge Fort Gage moored in the mud on the Mississippi River, date and location unknown.
    University of Missouri, St. Louis Digital Library    		 Tommy Trampp
    Fort Gage
    30260707    		 139k
    Fort Gage
    30260708    		 221k
    Fort Gage
    30260706    		 150k USACE Dredge Fort Gage underway on the Mississippi River, date unknown.
    University of Missouri, St. Louis Digital Library    		 Tommy Trampp
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