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USED Dredge Sainte Genevieve

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Delta - Xray
WYDX

Self Propelled Cutterhead Pipeline Dredge:

Built in 1932 by Dravo Construction Co., Pittsburgh, PA.

Launched 1932

Delivered, commissioned and placed in service as USED Dredge Sainte Genevieve in 1932

Assigned to US Army Engineers St. Louis District

Placed out of service, date unknown

October of 1990, USACE Dredge Sainte Genevieve departed the Quad-Cities to its new home on the banks of the Missouri River at St. Charles where she was going to become the Great River Museum

Sank in 1992 near Cairo, IL.

Raised, sank again in 1994 in Cape Girardeau, MO.

Final Disposition, reportedly scrapped

Specifications:
Displacement 947 t.
Length 265'
Beam 48'

Draft 8'

Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion

one reciprocating steam engine

Sternwheel

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30266003	35k	*Namesake* Sainte Genevieve, founded in 1735 by French Canadian colonists and settlers from east of the river, it was the first organized European settlement west of the Mississippi River in present-day Missouri.(Wikipedia) U.S. Census 2000 reference map for Sainte. Genevieve in Missouri.	Tommy Trampp
30266001	352k	USACE Sainte Genevieve moored pierside, date and location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers	Tommy Trampp
30266002	110k	USACE Sainte Genevieve moored pierside, date and location unknown. ©Quad Cities Times photo	Tommy Trampp
30266004	141k	Dredges USACE Sainte Genevieve and USACE William M. Black dredge opposite each other in October 1952 building the Kansas City Division channel diversion. An Earth wall 50' wide was left between the two dredges which was blasted out. University of Missouri, Saint Louis.	Tommy Trampp
30266005	153k
30266006	142k
30266007	97k	USACE Dredge Sainte Genevieve dredging a channel, date and location unknown. University of Missouri-St. Louis Digital Collection	Tommy Trampp

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Cape Girardeau History and Photos - Dredge Sainte. Genevieve

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