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USED Clatsop

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:

Built in 1908, at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newport News, VA.

Launched, in 1908

Delivered 1908 and placed in commission by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Clatsop

Decommissioned circa 1947

Sold in 1947, renamed Sandpilot

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1955

Specifications:
Displacement 1,800 t.(lt) 2,900 (fl)
Length 187'
Beam 38'

Draft 23'

Speed 10 kts light, 6 kts loaded

Complement

Officers, 13

Crew 39

Hopper Capacity 1,100 cu. ft.

Dredging Depth Max. 45', Min. 22'

Dredging Suction Pipe 17.5"

Dredging Discharge Pipe 19"

Pumping Engines two compound vertical steam engines

Drags two New York type

Fuel Capacity 42,000 gal oil

Propulsion

one Newport News fore and aft compound steam engine 810hp

two water tube Emergency Fleet Corp. boilers

single propeller

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30267801	310k	USED Clatsop underway while dredging at Astoria, OR., date unknown. US Army Corps of Engineers photo
30267802	39k	USED Clatsop underway date and location unknown. Tugster World Press	John Spivey
30267804	94k	USED Clatsop underway on the Columbia River in 1911. Oregon Historical Society Digital Collection	John Spivey
30267803	45k	USED Clatsop maintenance dredging Columbia River sand bars, 7 January 1933 US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library

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