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USACE Dredge Essayons (II)

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Final Disposition, scrapped in 1982

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Specifications:
Displacement 11,903 T.
Length 500'
Beam 72'
Depth 35'
Draft 40'
Speed 14.5 kts (loaded)
Range unknown
Complement 150
Capacity unknown
Hopper Volume 6100 m³
Dredging Depth unknown
Suction pipe Diameter unknown
Number of Dredging Pipes 2

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion and Dredging Machinery

four Westinghouse diesel-electric engines

two propeller shafts

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
30265801	1,710k	Diagram of USACE Dredge Essayons. Courtesy US Army Corps of Engineers / "Popular Science" magazine		Tommy Trampp
30265805	69k	USACE Dredge Essayons under construction at Sun Shipbuilding, Chester, PA. in 1950.		U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
30265802	230k	USACE Dredge Essayons underway in New York harbor, date unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers photo		Tommy Trampp
30265803	64k	USACE Dredge Essayons underway probably on the Hudson River in New York, date unknown. Photo by Barrel		Dredgepoint.org
> 30265806	123k	USACE Dredge Essayons underway in New York Harbor, 31 December 1950. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library		Robert Hurst
30265804	92k	USACE Dredge Essayons underway at Port Said, Egypt, date unknown. Photo by Barrel		Dredgepoint.org

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