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USACE M/V Benyaurd


Towboat:
  • Built in 1979 for the US Army Corps of Engineers by Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company, ("JeffBoat"), Jeffersonville IN.
  • Launched in 1979
  • Delivered to the US Army Corps of Engineers, in 1979
  • Christened and and put into service as USACE Benyaurd in 1979
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District
  • Current Disposition, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 170'
    Beam 40'
    Hull Depth unknown
    Draft 9'
    Speed unknown
    Crew unknown
    Fuel Oil Capacity unknown
    Potable Water unknown
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-645E7 diesel engines for a rated 4,360hp
    twin propellers

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    Benyaurd
    303005501
    46k USACE Towboat Benyaurd moored pierside, date and location unknown.
    Courtesy TugboatInformation.com, photos by CAPT. Billy Smith
    John Spivey
    Benyaurd
    303005502
    79k
    Benyaurd
    303005503
    80k
    Benyaurd
    303005504
    56k
    Benyaurd
    303005506
    129k Response boats including USACE Towboat Benyaurd sit moored at Wickliffe, KY., 1 May 2011, prepared to conduct joint flood response operations with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers along the banks of the Mississippi River.
    Photo from picryl.com by www.dvidshub.net
    John Spivey
    Benyaurd
    303005505
    91k USACE Towboat Benyaurd and a Quarters Boat await departure with the rest of the USACE Vicksburg District's Mat Sinking Unit (MSU), 14 September 2021, near Vicksburg Harbor in Vicksburg, MS. The floating plant finalized preparations before advancing to its next job site on the Mississippi River. The MSU briefly paused revetment operations to implement enhanced COVID-19 safety precautions to help ensure the health of the nearly 300 crewmembers before continuing the mission.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District photo # 210914-D-IG355=0001 by Anna Owens
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