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USED Dredge Kappa

Sidewheel Dredge:

Built in 1901, location unknown

Launched in 1901

Christened, commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Dredge Kappa in 1900

Retired from Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 600 t.
Length 199'
Beam 44'
Depth of Hull 7'
Draft Forward 4'4", Aft 4'5"
Speed unknown
Range unknown
Complement unknown

Machinery

Pumping Engine, tandem compound steam engine, 15in. x30in. x 24in.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
302618101	90k	USED Dredge Kappa tied up to the river bank, 30 June 1927, location unknown University of Wisconsin-Madison Digital Library	John Spivey
302618104	81k	USED Dredge Kappa dredging Gasconade, Missouri Harbor, 12 October 1929. State Historical Society of Missouri	John Spivey
303203403	40k	Flood scene, location and date unknown; front left of photo stern-wheel USED Towboat Vulcan; rear left; side-wheel USED Dredge Kappa; right front stern-wheel snagboat USED Arkansas (I) University of Wisconsin-Madison Library	John Spivey
302618102	114k	USED Dredge Kappa dredging a channel, date and location unknown University of Missouri-St. Louis Digital Collection	John Spivey

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