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USED Dredge Delaware

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:
  • Built in 1905, at Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow Point, MD. for US Army Corps of Engineers
  • Launched, in 1905
  • Delivered 1905 and placed in commission by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Dredge Delaware
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District
  • Decommissioned, circa 1950
  • Sold in 1950, renamed Sandcaptain
  • Sold in 1961, renamed Ezra Sensibar
  • Sold in 1968, to Hydro Corporation, renamed Hydro Atlantic
  • Final Disposition, while under tow by tug Elizabeth ll to the scrap yard at Brownsville, Texas, Hydro Atlantic's hull gave way and she sank approximately one mile east of Boca Raton Inlet, 7 December 1987
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3650 t. light 6440 t. loaded
    Length 315''
    Beam 52'
    Draft
    Forward light 13.6', Aft 13.9'
    Forward loaded 22', Aft 22''
    Speed 8.5 kts light, 7 kts loaded
    Complement 12 officers, 55 crew
    Hopper Capacity 2931 cu. yds.
    Dredging Depth 45' max, 21" min
    Dredging Pipe, two, 20"
    Drags two, type "New York"
    Propulsion Engines
    Four oil fired Scotch Marine boilers 135psi
    Two Fuel tanks, 48,804 gals. each
    two fore and aft compound steam engines, 22" x 44" x 30", 800rpm, 110hp
    two propeller shafts
    Pumping Engines
    two fore and aft compound steam engines, 16" x 32" x 18", 400 rpm, 156hp
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    USED Delaware
    Delaware
    30267604    		 102k USED Dredge Delaware at anchor, date and location unknown
    Photo from USACE Philadelphia courtesy of Stephen Rochette    		 John Spivey
    Delaware
    30267601    		 63k USED Dredge Delaware underway 2 February 1938, location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Delaware
    30267603    		 108k USED Dredge Delaware dredging, date and location unknown
    		John Spivey
    Commercial Service
    Delaware
    30267602    		 199k Hydro Corp. Dredge Hydro Atlantic underway, date and location unknown
    Photo from www.wreckwiki.com    		 John Spivey
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