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USED Culebra

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:
  • Built in 1906-07 by Maryland Steel, Sparrow Point, MD.
  • Launched 1907
  • Placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Culebra
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Panama Canal Zone
  • Sold to Panama, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,230 t.
    Length 288'
    Beam 48'
    Draft 25'
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion
    two reciprocating steam engines, 1,800hp
    two propeller shafts
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    Culebra
    30265103    		 77k USED Culebra high and dry out of the water at Naos Island, Panama, 9 January 1908, while her bottom being painted.
    United States Military Academy    		 John Spivey
    Culebra
    30265104    		 67k USED Culebra underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Culebra
    30265106    		 162k USED Culebra underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Army, Philadelphia District by Steve Rochette    		 John Spivey
    Hugh L. Scott
    092204308    		 222k USSB Passenger Liners SS President Pierce SS President Taft and USED Culebra moored to the quay wall at Mare Island Navy Yard, 31 March 1924. Darryl Baker
    Culebra
    30265107    		 155k USED Culebra underway off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 16 May 1924.
    US Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Army, Philadelphia District by Steve Rochette    		 John Spivey
    Culebra
    30265102    		 75k USED Culebra at Savannah, GA., 4 September 1937.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Culebra
    30265101    		 59k USED Culebra underway in 1939, location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District     		John Spivey
    Culebra
    30265105    		 67k USED Culebra departing Savannah, GA. enroute to the James River, VA. in 1947.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
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