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USED Edwin R. Kimble

Dredge:

Built in 1913 at Westlake, LA.

Launched in 1913

Delivered, Commissioned and placed in service as USED Edwin R. Kimble in 1913

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers District, unknown

Decommissioned, and retired from Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, destroyed by fire, 11 June 1935

Specifications:
Displacement 725 t.
Length 116'
Beam unknown
Draft unknown
Complement unknown

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
302614901	108k	*Namesake* Edwin R. Kimble - Major Kimble was a student officer in the First Course at the Army General Staff College and was retained as an assistant instructor in the Second Course. As part of his work he was sent – to the British Fifth Corps Staff to study the work of the Corps Intelligence Service. He was with this corps during the first ten days of the Battle of Picardy (March 21-30, 1918). A few days after his return to the Staff College he was admitted to hospital and died April 9. Digital Library USMA.	Tommy Trampp
302614902	125k	USED Dredge Edwin R. Kimble dredging lumber basin. Port Arthur, TX., 23 March 1921. US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library	John Spivey
302614903	146k	USED Dredge Edwin R. Kimble was destroyed by fire, 11 June 1935, fire scene at 12:45pm. US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library	John Spivey

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