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YM-18
"Willamette"

Dredge (Self-propelled)
  • Laid down in 1912 as Willamette by the Willamette Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Acquired in 1932 by Hydraulic Dredging Co., Ltd., Oakland, CA.
  • Acquired in 1934 by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., Chicago, IL, named Indiana
  • Acquired by the US Navy in 1943, designated YM-18, unofficial name "Willamette"
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Dropped from American Bureau of Shipping Record in 1955
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,089 t.
    Length 206'
    Draft 10'
    Beam 44'
    Propulsion, system unknown
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    YM-18 68k The commercial dredge Indiana in operation in the Great Lakes area, date unknown.
    Photo from Bowling Green University, Historical Collection of the Great Lakes.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    There is no DANFS history for YM-18 available at NavSource
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