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USED Dredge Grafton


International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Delta - Whiskey
 WYDW
Self-Propelled Cutterhead Pipeline Dredge:
  • Laid down, 1932 at Dravo Construction, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Launched in 1932
  • Delivered in 1933 to the US Army Corps of Engineers and placed in commission as USED Dredge Grafton
  • Assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers St Louis District
  • Placed out of commission, date unknown, date unknown
  • Purchased by Bauer Dredging, Port Lavaca, TX. in the early 1960s , renamed Dredge 32
  • Sold in 1974 to Bean Dredging, New Orleans, LA.
  • Sold in December to Mike Hooks LLC
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 947 t.
    Length 265'
    Beam 46'
    Draft 8'
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    sternwheel
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    Grafton
    30268805    		 75k US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge USED Dredge Grafton dredging, location unknown in 1933.
    Mike Hooks.com - US Army Corps of Engineers photo.    		 John Spivey
    Grafton
    30268803    		 54k US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge USED Dredge Grafton dredging site unknown, 30 August 1937.
    US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Grafton
    30268804    		 97k US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge USED Dredge Grafton dredging on the Mississippi River in 1938.
    Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library    		 John Spivey
    Grafton
    30268801    		 54k US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge USED Dredge Grafton dredging near Granite City, IL. looking upstream on the Mississippi River, 6 April 1942.
    US Army Corp of Engineers photo from the University out Missouri, St. Louis, Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterway Library    		 Tommy Trampp
    Grafton
    30268802    		 87k US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge USED Dredge Grafton underway, upbound on the Mississippi River, 25 June 1945
    US Army Corp of Engineers photo from the University out Missouri, St. Louis, Herman T. Pott National Inland Waterway Library, Golden Eagle River Museum    		 Tommy Trampp
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