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USACE Gibson

Debris Collection Vessel
  • Built in 1988 for the US Army Corps of Engineers as Debris Collector, LD 739, aka USACE M/V Gibson, by Tucker Marine Inc., Cincinnati OH in 1988 at a cost of $188,250.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USACE Gibson date unknown
  • Assigned, 20 July 1988, to the US Army Engineers Louisville District, Markland Locks and Dam
  • For the next 30 years she served as the Markland workboat used for routine maintenance, setting buoys, dive inspections and painting lock walls
  • Damaged by collision, 18 December 2018
  • Placed out ofcommisison, date unknown
  • sold to River Salvage Company of Pittsburgh PA
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Machinery unknown
    Propulsion, diesel
    twin screws
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    Gibson
    303207701    		 148k USACE Gibson tied up near the Indiana/Kentucky border, 2October 2008.
    Photo from Flickr.com by Aland    		 John Spivey
    Gibson
    303207702    		 5176k On `8 December 2018, the M/V Mary Lucy Lane, was locking southbound with nine (9) loads and three (3) empties at Markland Locks and Dam, Ohio River Mile 531.5. The tow configuration was three (3) barges wide by four (4) barges long with empties located on the head of the tow on each of the three (3) strings of barges. As the tow attempted to align in the approach, the tow made contact with the guard wall bullnose. The tow cleared the guard wall bullnose; however, it continued forward forcing the middle string into an allision with the land wall bullnose, riding up to a stop, and removing a section of the bullnose concrete. The port string broke loose and continued forward into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE M/V Gibson’s Docking area, where it collided with the M/V Gibson. The M/V Gibson sustained damage to the pilothouse and the lower deckhouse. John Spivey
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