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USED Dredge Pontotoc

Cutterhead Dredge:
  • Built, circa 1936 by US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Launched, 16 November 1937
  • Commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Dredge Pontotoc, circa 1936
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Machinery
    3,000 hp (2,200 kW) electric motors
    24' cutterhead
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    Pontotoc
    302616901    		 71k USED Dredge Pontotoc during construction operations at Sardis Reservoir MS., on the Tallahatchie River.
    " Of Men and Rivers The Story of the Vicksburg District"    		 John Spivey
    Pontotoc
    302616902    		 25k
    Pontotoc
    302616903    		 51k USED Dredge Pontotoc working on the Sardis Reservoir Project, 5 April 1938.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
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