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USED Dredge New Orleans

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:

Designed for the US Army Corps of Engineers by The Fruhling Suction Dredge Co., New York, N.Y.

Built in 1912, by Fore River Shipbuilding, Quincy, MA. for US Army Corps of Engineers

Launched, in 1912

Delivered in 1912

Commissioned in 1912 and placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Dredge New Orleans

Decommissioned, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 4700 t. light, 5150 t. loaded
Length 315'
Beam 50'

Draft

Forward light 14.6', Aft 16.6'

Forward loaded 24.6', Aft 25'

Speed 8.5 kts light, 4.2 kts loaded

Complement 11 officers, 52 crew

Hopper Capacity 3100 cu. yds.

Dredging Depth 35' max, 12" min

Drags one port side, type "Ambrose Channel"

Propulsion Engines

four oil fired Combustion Engineering water tube marine boilers - class "6"

two Fore River vertical, inverted, triple expansion !2" x 194" x 32" x 24" steam engines, 672rpm, 162hp

two propeller shafts

Pumping Engines

two Fore River vertical, inverted triple expansion 12" x 24" x 18" steam engine, 275rpm

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
30268101	90k	Page from a brochure produced by USED Dredge New Orleans's designers firm, circa 1912. Photo by Barrel	Dredgepoint.org
30268102	50k	Port broadside view of USED Dredge New Orleans underway, circa 1912.	Dredgepoint.org
30268105	71k	Starboard broadside view of USED Dredge New Orleans underway, date unknown. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District, Steve Rochette	John Spivey
30268103	44k	Stern view of USED Dredge New Orleans showing her trailing suction pipe, date and location unknown. Photo by Barrel	Dredgepoint.org
30268104	29k	Starboard bow view of USED Dredge New Orleans underway while discharging spoil, date and location unknown. Photo by Barrel	Dredgepoint.org
30268106	100k	USED Dredge New Orleans moored, date and location unknown. Photo from USACE Philadelphia courtesy of Stephen Rochette	John Spivey

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