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USACE Lyman

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:

Built in 1944-45, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.

Launched, in 1945

Delivered 1945 and placed in commission by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USACE Lyman

Assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville, FL. District

Converted to direct pump out dredge, winter 1971-1972 at Amship yard, Lorain, OH.

Decommissioned in 1982

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30266204	91k	*Namesake* Lyman - Named for Col. Albert K.B. Lyman, a native Hawaiian who later attained the rank of general officer, was the Army's Hawaiian Department Engineer with offices at Fort Shafter. He commanded the 34th Engineer Combat Regiment, the 804th Engineer Aviation Battalion, plus the 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion of the 25th Infantry Division. Albert Lyman graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1909. As a Brigadier General he died of illness while serving in Hawaii in 1942. Army Engineers fought and lived through the attack on Pearl Harbor US Army Corps of Engineers Photo	Tommy Trampp
30266205	162k	Overhead view of USACE Lyman underway while dredging the Cape Cod Canal in May 1949. US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville, District photo # J-377A, courtesy USACE Philadelphia, Stephen Rochette	John Spivey
30266207	161k	USACE Lyman underway date and location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo, District Public Affairs photo	John Spivey
30266208	78k	USACE Lyman underway date and location unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia, District, Stephen Rochette	John Spivey
30266201	257k	USACE Lyman conducting dredging operation, date and location unknown US Army Corps of Engineers Photo	Tommy Trampp
30266202	46k	USACE Lyman underway in the Great Lakes, probably circa winter 1971-72, location unknown	Bowling Green State University, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes
30266203	79k	USACE Lyman port side dredging arm as she works in the harbor at Ashtabula, OH., date unknown	U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library

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