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USED Dredge General C.B. Comstock

Self Propelled Hydraulic Dredge:
  • Built in 1895 as the self propelled hydraulic dredge General C.B. Comstock at Perth Amboy, N.J.
  • Machinery by Bucyrus Steam Shovel & Dredge Co., South Milwaukee, WI.
  • Launched in 1895
  • Delivered in 1895 to the U.S. Army Engineering Department
  • Assigned to U.S. Army Engineering Department Galveston District
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service as USED Dredge General C.B. Comstock in 1895
  • Driven ashore by a hurricane at Galveston in 1900
  • Fuel source change from coal to oil in 1902
  • Lent to US Army Engineering Department Wilmington District in 1910
  • While assigned to the Wilmington District General C.B. Comstock dredged at Arkansas Pass and Freemont
  • Final Disposition, on 17 February 1913 C.B. Comstock caught fire off the mouth of the Brazos River and burned to the waterline
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 177'
    Beam 35½'
    Draft 12'
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Hoppers two
    Hopper Capacity 600-650 cu yds
    Complement 42
    Machinery
    two centrifugal pumps
    two pump engines
    two 50 ft jointed suction pipes
    Propulsion
    boiler(s)
    steam engine(s)
    propeller(s)
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    Gen. C.B. Comstock
    302621201    		 39k USED Dredge General C.B. Comstock underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo, Brazoria County Historical Museum    		 John Spivey
    Gen. C.B. Comstock
    302621202    		 40k USED Dredge General C.B. Comstock dredging, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo, Brazoria County Historical Museum    		 John Spivey
    Gen. C.B. Comstock
    302621203    		 48k USED Dredge General C.B. Comstock on fire, 17 February 1913. C.B. Comstock cought fire off the mouth of the Brazos River and burned to the waterline. There were no casualties and the dredge was declared a total loss.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo, Brazoria County Historical Museum    		 John Spivey
    Gen. C.B. Comstock
    302621204    		 87k USED Dredge General C.B. Comstock section diagrams.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo, Brazoria County Historical Museum    		 John Spivey
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