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USACE Sandwick

International Radio Call Sign:
Alpha - Echo - Papa - Juliet
AEPJ

Landing Craft Medium LCM-8, modified:

Built in 1954 for the US Navy

Delivered to the US Navy in 1954

Acquired by the US Army Corps of Engineers 1964

Modified in 1972 as an experiential bypass dredge using the diverted wash of her propellers to move material

Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island, IL. District

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 121 t. (lt) 135 t. (fl)
Length 74'
Beam 21'
Draft 5'8"
Speed 12 kts
Complement unknown

Machinery

two Detroit 12V-71 diesel engines, twin screws

Generators

one Northern Lights 100Kw

one Northern Lights 70Kw

one Yamaha 10Kw

Deck Machinery

two double drum winches

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
302616101	91k	US Army Corps of Engineers LCM(8) *Sandwick* underway with deflector door raised, prior to 1972 conversion, location unknown Rebecca Malamud, Port Orford Historical Photos	John Spivey
302616102	194k	US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge *Sandwick* moored pierside, after 1972 conversion, location unknown Rebecca Malamud, Port Orford Historical Photos	John Spivey
302616103	84k	US Army Corps of Engineers Dredge *Sandwick* working in Port Orford, Oregon harbor. Photo by Rockne Berge	John Spivey

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