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USACE Langfitt

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Final Disposition, scrapped, date unknown

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Specifications:
Displacement 4,730 long tons(lt)
Length 350'0"
Beam 60'0"

Draft 30'0""

Hopper Capacity 3060 cu yds

Complement 78

Propulsion

two boilers

two turbo-electric drive steam engines

two propeller shafts

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
092215107	111k	Namesake William Campbell Langfitt, born in Wellsburg, Va., 10 August 1860, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1883 and until May 1898 served with the Corps of Engineers in New York, Texas, and Ohio. During the Spanish-American War he organized the 3d Battalion at San Francisco and served as Commanding Officer of American Forces in Hawaii. General Langfitt served in Oregon and Cuba before sailing for France in July 1917. During World War I he was Chief of Staff, Lines of Communications; Chief of Utilities; and Chief Engineer; and he participated in the Cambrai Operations, Somme Defensive, and St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. Upon his return to the United States in July 1919, he served as Division Engineer at New York until retiring 31 May 1920. General Langfitt died in Washington, D.C., 20 April 1934. Digital ID: ggbain 28946 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division		Bill Gonyo
30263101	514k	USACE Langfitt dredging Calcasieu River and Pass bar channel, 16 January 1961 US Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District photo # 8667-4		Tommy Trampp

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