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USED Dredge Taylor
ex
 USED Dredge Willets Point (1926 - 1932)

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:
  • Laid down in 1925 as dredged Willets Point, at Federal Shipbuilding Corp,, Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, in 1925
  • Delivered in 1926 and placed in commission by the US Army Engineers, as USED Dredge Willets Point
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District
  • Renamed USED Dredge Taylor in 1932
  • Decommissioned in 1954
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1954
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1300 t.
    Length 200'
    Beam 41'
    Draft 20'
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    two 6-cyl diesel engines, 1,200 hp
    two propeller shafts
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    USED Dredge Willets Point
    Willets Point
    30261911    		 129k
    Namesake
    Willets Point - An area of Queens N.Y. The Willet family were Quakers that settled in Long Island and were originally from Wales. They bought the land, located in the northeastern section of Queens, in 1829. The government purchased the land from the Willets in 1857 to build Fort Totten (originally named "Fort at Willets Point". Construction on the fort began in 1864 and, over the years, was downgraded to a medical care facility. The fort would become home to the following:
    1865-1901 Engineer School of Application
    1901 Eastern Artillery District Headquarters
    1921 Electric Mines and Army School of Submarine Defense
    1941-1944 Anti-Aircraft Artillery Headquarter
    1944 North Atlantic Wing of the Air Transportation Command
    1949 New York-New Jersey Sub-Area Command Headquarters
    1954 First Region ARADCOM for the Nike Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense System
    1974 U.S. Army Reserve Post
    Left Map - location within New York City
    Right Map - forgottenny.com     		Tommy Trampp
    Willets Point
    30261907    		 57k USED Dredge Willets Point dredging, date and location unknown.
    Bowling Green State University - Historical Collects of the Great Lakes.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Willets Point
    30261910    		 66k Model of USED Dredge Willets Point.
    Smithsonian Institue    		 John Spivey
    USED Dredge Taylor
    Taylor
    30261901    		 302k View of USED Dredge Taylor's hopper bin full of dredged material while working mid-lake, Lake St.Clair, Michigan, 11 October 1932.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Taylor
    30261903    		 167k USED Dredge Taylor dredging in the Maumee River, 1932.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Taylor
    30261904    		 256k USED Dredge Taylor underway with full hoppers, 1932, location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Taylor
    30261905    		 120k USED Dredge Taylor dredging, 1932, location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Taylor
    30261902    		 192k USED Dredge Taylor drydocked at Buffalo, N.Y., 1934.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Taylor
    30261909    		 53k Port bow view of USED Dredge Taylor drydocked at Buffalo, N.Y., date unknown.
    Wisconsin Maritime Museum    		 John Spivey
    Taylor
    30261908    		 81k USED Dredge Taylor dredging Black Rock Canal, Buffalo, N.Y., 13 June 1935.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital LIbrary    		  
    Taylor
    30261906    		 72k USED Dredge Taylor dredging on the Niagara River at Buffalo, N.Y., 21 July 1941.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District photo by Barrel    		 Tommy Trampp
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