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USACE Floating Crane Brown

Floating Crane:

Built, date and location unknown.

Launched, date unknown

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps, date unknown

Assigned to the US Army Corp of Engineers Louisville District unknown

Commissioned and placed in service as USACE Brown, date unknown

Retired from USACE service, circa 2013

Sold commercial, new owner unknown

Current Disposition , possibly in actove commercial serivice

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 114'nown
Beam 54'
Draft 9'

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
3028013903	130k	Floating Crane USACE Brown at McAlpine Locks, October 1987. Photo from Wikimedia	John Spivey
3028013901	158k	Floating Crane USACE Brown lifting wooden dam wickets stacked atop a section of lock gate, from floor of 360-foot lock where they have been stored to keep them wet. They will be taken to Dam 52, near, Paducah, KY. on the Ohio River. Photo from flickr.com by William Alden>	John Spivey
3028013902	130k	Floating Crane USACE Brown in tow by Debris Collector/Towboat *David C. Russelburg* on the Ohio River mile 607 Louisville, Ky., 1 April 1999 Photo from Flickr by William Alden	John Spivey
3028013904	96k	Floating Crane USACE Brown at the lower main chamber at Markland Locks and Dam. The Poiree Dam has been set, and the repair crew worked diligently through snowy freezing conditions to stay on task. Photo from flickr by USACE Louisville	John Spivey

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