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USACE Yaquina


International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Echo - Papa - Delta
 AEPD
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge:
  • Laid down 1981 at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Norfolk, VA.
  • Launched in 1981
  • Christened and placed in commission in 1981 at Norfolk, VA. as USACE Yaquina
  • Assigned to the US Corps of Engineers Portland OR. District
  • Active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,960 t.
    Length 200'
    Beam unknown 58'
    Depth 17'
    Draft 14' (loaded)
    Speed 12kts (loaded)
    Range unknown
    Capacity1,960 cu yds
    Hopper Volume 798 m³
    Dredging Depth 17 m
    Suction pipe Diameter 0.46 m
    Number of Dredging Pipes 2
    Complement
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    Two Caterpillar - D399 SCAC - 4Str - 16 cyl - 15.90 x 20.30 - 1225 rpm
    Total Power 1678 kW
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    Yaquina
    30260216    		 55k USACE Dredge Yaquina launching and christening in 1981 at Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Norfolk, VA. >U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Yaquina
    30260218    		 52k USACE Dredge Yaquina dry docked at Sundial Marine & Barge Co., Troutdale, OR., date unknown. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Yaquina
    30260221    		 55k
    Yaquina
    30260217    		 48k USACE Dredge Yaquina had her propellers changed during a regularly scheduled dry docking at Sundial Marine & Barge Co., Troutdale, OR., date unknown. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Yaquina
    30260210    		 18k USACE Yaquina underway, date and location unknown. Yaquina helps to maintain the entrance bars, rivers and harbors on the coasts of Oregon, California and Washington. Because of her size, Yaquina is particularly well-suited for dredging the small, shallow coastal entrances and smaller, shifting sand deposits in river channels.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo     		Tommy Trampp
    Yaquina
    30260214    		 79k USACE Dredge Yaquina underway in 1967, location unknown. >U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Yaquina
    30260205    		 60k
    Yaquina
    30260202    		 142k USACE Yaquina dredges Morro Bay harbor channel near north breakwater in Morro Bay, CA., 19 May 2010.
    Photo by “Mike” Michael L. Baird - US Army Corps of Engineers Dredgepoint.org    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260203    		 173k USACE Dredge Yaquina dredges Morro Bay harbor channel near north breakwater in Morro Bay, CA., 2 June 2010.
    Photo by “Mike” Michael L. Baird - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredgepoint.org    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260209    		 110k FV Tracy Cheri II passes USACE Yaquina as the dredge works on the harbor channel in Morro Bay, CA, 23 May 2011.
    Photo by “Mike” Michael L. Baird    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260201    		 81k USACE Yaquina dredging the Morro Bay harbor channel in Morro Bay, CA., 26 May 2012.
    Photo by “Mike” Michael L. Baird - US Army Corps of Engineers Dredgepoint.org    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260208    		 90k USACE Yaquina dredging the harbor channel in Morro Bay, CA, 20 June 2011, as seen from our Sub Sea Tour Whale Watching Outing.
    Photo by “Mike” Michael L. Baird    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260219    		 60k USACE Yaquina underway, date and location unknown. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library
    Yaquina
    30260220    		 124k
    Yaquina
    30260204    		 207k USACE Yaquina underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Vesseltracker.com    		 US Army Corps of Engineers Dredgepoint.org
    Yaquina
    30260205    		 34k USACE Yaquina underway, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 US Army Corp of Engineers Dredgepoint.org
    Yaquina
    30260206    		 52k USACE Yaquina underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Vesseltracker.com    		 US Army Corps of Engineers Dredgepoint.org
    Yaquina
    30260207    		 254k USACE Yaquina underway, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Dredgepoint.org
    Yaquina
    30260212    		 141k Port side view of USAV Yaquina underway, 31 December 2019, location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260211    		 223k USACE Yaquina underway while dredging in Grays Harbor, WA., 17 April 2022.
    Photo taken by Jordan Roderick    		 Robert Hurst
    Yaquina
    30260213    		 88k Port side view of USAV Yaquina underway while dredging the mouth of Grays Harbor, WA., 23 April 2022.
    Photo by Jordan Roderick    		 Robert Hurst
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