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USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee

Non-self propeller Crane Barge:

Laid down in 2003 at Bender Ship Building, Mobile, AL.

Launched in 2003

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in March 2004

Allocated to the US Army Corps of Engineers, christened, commissioned and placed in service in March 2004 as USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee

Assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers Tuscaloosa Project Management Office

Choctawhatchee's mission is to perform snagging operations, debris and rock removal, and channel maintenance for the Black Warrior/Tombigbee (BWT) and Alabama River Systems from the mouth of the Mobile River to Birmingham and Montgomery, AL. It also sets and removes stoplogs and provides general support for lock repairs.

Current Disposition, Active

Specifications:
Displacement 800 t.
Length 165'
Beam 50'
Draft 4'-6'
Fuel Capacity 9,900 gal
Potable Water Capacity 6,000 gal
Sewage Holding 2,000 gal
Main Deck Arrangement Locker Room, Laundry, Showers and Heads

Machinery and Special Features

Generators two Caterpiller, 170Kw, 480V, 3Phase

Spud HPU four Rexroth/Bosch Group Electo-Hydraulic

Spud Winches four Hagglunds

Capstan four Schoelhorn-Albrecht, Model SA-1014 10 hp

Crane Seatrax, Houston, TX.

Crane Boom 120'

Crane Capacity 60 Short Tones @ 55; Radius

Duty Cycle Rip Rap, Grapple Snagging, Bucket Dredge, Clamshell Dredging and Pile Driving

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
3028001806	161k	*Namesake* Choctawhatchee - A 141-mile-long river in the southern United States, flowing through southeast Alabama and the Panhandle of Florida before emptying into Choctawhatchee Bay in Okaloosa and Walton counties. The river, the bay and their adjacent watersheds collectively drain 5,350 square miles (Wikipedia) Photo - Choctawhatchee River from the SR 2 bridge, looking north near Pittman, Holmes County, Florida - CC BY-SA 3.0, Ebyabe via Wikimedia Commons Map - Choctawhatchee River watershed - No machine-readable author provided. Kmusser assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5, Kmusser via Wikimedia Commons	Tommy Trampp
3028001801	65k	USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee, date and location unknown	US Army Corp of Engineers Philadelphia District and Marine Design Center
3028001802	156k	USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee assisting in lock repairs, date and location unknown US Army Corp of Engineers US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District	Tommy Trampp
3028001803	86k		Tommy Trampp
3028001804	90k	USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee moored, date and location unknown US Army Corp of Engineers US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District	Tommy Trampp
3028001805	60k	USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee with a US Army Corps of Engineers towboat, date and location unknown US Army Corp of Engineers US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District	Tommy Trampp
3028001807	61k	USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee with a US Army Corps of Engineers towboat, date and location unknown US Army Corp of Engineers US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District	John Spivey
3028001808	141k	USACE Crane Barge Choctawhatchee moored, date and location unknown. Photo from lickr - by walteamy	John Spivey

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