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USED Dredge Captain Huston

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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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Specifications:
Displacement 1,047 t.
Length 150'
Beam 40'

Draft 12'

Complement unknown

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
30264802	145k	Namesake Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston (July 17, 1867 – March 29, 1938), popularly known as Cap Huston, was co-owner of the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees with Jacob Ruppert from 1915 to 1922. He served as a Captain in the 16th Regiment of Engineers (Railway) in Cuba during the Spanish–American War. In August 1917, Huston arrived in France, to become commander of 16th Regiment of Engineers in the spring of 1918, with the rank of Lt. Colonel then later was promoted to full Colonel. Huston died at his southern plantation on March 29, 1938, in Darien, Georgia at the age of 70. Cropped version of a photo in the Bain Collection available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.35765.		Tommy Trampp
30264801	245k	USED Dredge Captain Huston dredging, date and location unknown US Army Corps of Engineers photos		Tommy Trampp
30264803	70k	USED Dredge Captain Huston at Philadelphia, 20 June 1937. US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library		John Spivey

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