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USED Paraiso

Self-Propelled Dipper Dredge:
  • Built in 1914, at Bucyrus Company, South Milwaukee WI.
  • Launched in 1914
  • Completed, 13 April 1914
  • Delivered to the Isthmian Canal Commission/Panama Canal Corp.
  • Wrecked in 1922 and rebuilt
  • In 1958 Paraiso was leased to the St Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.
  • Operation assigned to US Army Corp of Engineers, Buffalo, District
  • Commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Paraiso
  • Placed out of service in 1970
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1375 tons
    Length 146.11'
    Beam 55.8'
    Draft loaded, fwd, 8.0', aft 5.0'
    Depth of Hull 13.6'
    Complement 32 (2 shifts)
    Max. Dredging Depth 50.0'
    Machinery
    2 oil fired Scotch Marine Boilers
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    Paraiso
    30263801    		 219k USED Dredge Paraiso working in a harbor, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photos    		 Tommy Trampp
    Paraiso
    30263802    		 257k
    Paraiso
    30263803    		 140k
    Paraiso
    30263804    		 270k USED Dredge Paraiso being remodeled at Cleveland storehouse, date unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photos    		 US Army corps of Engineers
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