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USED Burgess

International Radio Call Sign
USED Burgess 1927 International Radio Call Sign: Affirmative - Easy - Baker - Option AEBO

Self Propelled Dustpan Dredge:

Built in 1933 by Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, W.V.

Launched 1933-34

Commissioned in circa 1933 and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Burgess

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District

Decommissioned and retired from Army service, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 1,363 t.
Length 244'
Beam 52.0'

Mmaximum Draft 7.0'

Depth of Hull 9.0'

Speed 5.9 mph

Complement unknown

Spuds 1 70.6'

Dredging Machinery

DredgingDepth

Minimum 7.0'

Maximum 41.0'

one 1,600 hp Moore (Curtis-Rateau) multistage steam turbine

one 84" diameter pump 1,100 hp @220 rpm

Propulsion

two boilers

two Nordberg marine vertical triple expansion condensing steam engines, 1,100 hp

two propeller shafts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30264903	221k	*Burgess* on the builders ways at Marietta Manufacturing, Point Pleasant, W.V., 25 November 1933. US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District photo	Tommy Trampp
30264901	302k	USED Burgess underway with attendant plant and pipeline enroute to work site, 13 January 1940. US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District photo	Tommy Trampp
30264902	32k	USED Burgess moored, date and location unknown. University of Wisconsin-Madison Library	Tommy Trampp

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