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USACE Crane Barge Elizabeth

Derrick Barge:
  • Built in 1944 as a US Navy Seaplane Wrecking Derrick (YSD), location unknown
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Delivered, date unknown
  • Acquired by the US Army Corps of Engineers, date unknown
  • Commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USACE Elizabeth
  • Assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District
  • Elizabeh works mainly in the harbor at Norfolk, VA. and surrounding waterways
  • Current Disposition, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 104'0"
    Beam unknown
    Max. Draft unknown
    Hull Depth unknown
    Boom unkn own
    Diesel Hoist Motor unknown
    Crew 6
    Propulsion, diesel
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    Elizabeth
    3028004603    		 260k USACE Elizabeth moored at the North Landing Bridge as contractors work to repair the bridge, 21 June 2016. Elizabeht provided logistical support and manpower to the repair operations, which were needed after gearing was damaged by a barge strike on 4 June.
    U.S. Army photo 160621-A-O1229-014 by Patrick Bloodgood    		 Tommy Trampp
    Elizabeth
    3028004601    		 997k USACE Elizabeth dry docked at at Colonna's Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, VA., 20 October 2018. Elizabeth is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District fleet and is is used for debris removal, light marine construction and material sampling in support of dredging projects.
    U.S. Army photo 181029-A-SO401-019 by Andria Allmond    		 Tommy Trampp
    Elizabeth
    3028004602    		 957k USACE Elizabeth dry docked at at Colonna's Shipyard Inc., Norfolk, VA., 20 October 2018. Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers take part in an on-camera interview on the deck of the derrick boat Elizabeth on Oct. 29, 2018. The World War II-era vessel, part of the USACE fleet, is undergoing routine maintenance at Colonna's Shipyard, which will allow it to continue to conduct debris removal, light marine construction and material sampling for years to come
    U.S. Army photo 181029-A-SO401-047 by Andria Allmond    		 Tommy Trampp
    Elizabeth
    3028004604    		 101k USACE Elizabeth removing a tree from the Delaware River channel. Elizabeth and her crew removed more than 35 sunken objects from the Delaware River navigation channel, 23 October 2019. (FLICKR Sunken Object Removal - by by USACE Philadelphia District & Marine Design Center
    U.S. Army photo from Flickr by Tom Boyle    		 Tommy Trampp
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