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USED Tonawanda


International Radio Call Signs,

International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Echo - Juliet - Quebec
 AEJQ
Non-self-propeller Derrickboat with clamshell bucket:
  • Hull built in 1935 as the steel hull non self-propelled DerrickboatTonawanda, by Treadwell Construction Co., Medland, PA.
  • Assembled and launched at Erie, PA., in 1935
  • Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps in 1935
  • Assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers, Buffalo District
  • Placed in service in 1935
  • Laid up and placed out of service in Spring 1989
  • Sol, August 1990, to RYBA Construction Co., Cheboygen MI.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement light 375 long tons, loaded 733 long tons
    Length 120'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 8'
    Draft light 3', loaded 5'
    Crew Size 12
    Vertical Clearance 35 ft.
    Boiler one Williams Bros. 150psi vertical fire tube type
    Main Hoisting Engine one Clyde Iron Works 12" bore X 14" stroke
    Spud Engines two Clyde Iron Works 4¾" bore X 6" stroke
    Swing Engine one Clyde Iron Works 8¼ bore X 10" stroke
    Swing Speed 2 complete revolutions per minute
    Air Compressor one Kellogg-American Model A-322-TV, 50 c.f.m. at 150 p.s.i.g.
    welder one Hansen weling machine
    Dredging Depth Maximum 30', minimum 3'
    Lifting Capacity 50,000 lbs 50' radius
    Bucket Capacity 2½ cu. ft. Fuel Type #5 fuel oil
    bunker Capacity 13,000 gals.
    Drrrick Type Whirley
    Boom:
    Length 90'
    Radius 85'
    Height Above Water Lever 9'
    Type Box Girder
    Material Steel
    Rope Diameter 1" dt>Light Plant Moon Turbine, 9 amp. 110 volt, 1,000 watt
    Spuds
    Length 45'
    Material steel
    Locatin 1 port fwd, 1 port aft
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    Babcock
    3028001201    		 94k USED Derrickboat Tonawanda, date and location unknown
    USACE Buffalo Public Affairs.     		John Spivey
    Babcock
    3028001202    		 79k USED Derrickboat Tonawanda, date and location unknown
    USACE Buffalo Public Affairs.     		John Spivey
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