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USED Dredge Frontenac

Non-self-propelled Dipper Dredge:
  • Built in 1891 as the wooden dredge Frontenac for the US Army Engineers, at the George Globe Shipyard, Oswego, N.Y.
  • Launched 1891
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corp of Engineers, as USED Dredge Frontenac in October 1891
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District
  • Rebuilt in 1910
  • Retired from Army service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, Abandoned. Hull became part of foundation of pier for Oswego Yacht Club prior to 1921.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 75'
    Beam 26'
    Depth of Hull unknown
    Draft 6'
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement unknown
    Machinery unknown
    Propulsion none
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    Frontenac
    302618801    		 55k USED Dredge Frontenac moored, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District    		 John Spivey
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