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USED Gen. G.G. Meade
ex
 USED Gen. G.L. Gillespie (1904 - ?)

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:
  • Built in 1904 at Maryland Steel, Sparrow Point, MD.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered and placed in service as USED Gen. G.L. Gillespie in 1904
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Milwaukee District
  • Renamed Gen. G.G. Meade, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1.052 t.
    Length 177'
    Beam 38'2"
    Draft 9'9" light forward, 12'9" aft
    Hopper Volume unknown
    Suction Pipe Diameter 15"
    Speed 7 to 10 kts
    Range unknown
    Complement 24 hr basis 48
    8 Officers
    40 crew
    Fuel Capacity 100 t.
    Equipment
    two 15' Suction Pumps
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    twin propellers
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    USED Gen. G.L. Gillespie
    Gen. G.L. Gillespie
    30260901    		 194k USED Gen. G.L. Gillespie moored pierside, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Gen. G.L. Gillespie
    30260902    		 269k USED Gen. G.L. Gillespie underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Gen. G.L. Gillespie
    30260904    		 191k USED Gen. G.L. Gillespie moored pierside, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    USED Gen. G.G. Meade
    Gen G.G. Meade
    30260905    		 124k
    Namesake
    George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. He previously fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. During the Civil War. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer and was involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses.(Wikipedia)
    George Meade. Library of Congress description: "Gen. George G. Meade" Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, CALL NUMBER: LC-BH82- 4430.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Gen G.G. Meade
    30260903    		 89k USED Gen. G.G. Meade underway at Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 9 April 1936
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Database    		 Tommy Trampp and
    John Spivey
    Gen G.G. Meade
    30260906    		 135k USED Gen. G.G. Meade in St. Marys Falls canal, Michigan while excavating below Davis and Fourth Locks, 3 August, 1937.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 John Spivey
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