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USED Atlantic

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:
  • Built in 1904, at Maryland Steel, Sparrows Point, MD.
  • Launched, in 1904
  • Delivered 1904 and placed in commission by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Atlantic
  • Retired from US Army service, date unknown
  • Sold, date unknown, renamed Megas
  • Rebuilt at Jacksonville, FL. as a tugboat in 1919
  • Sold in 1924 to Cherbourg Rescue Society, renamed Landemer, reflagged France, rebuilt as a ferry for disembarking United States Line ships
  • Seized by British at Southampton, 17 July 1940
  • Final Disposition, scrapped June 1968 at Toulon, France
    Specifications:
    Displacement 355 t.
    Length 149'
    Beam 30'
    Draft 12'
    Complement unknown
    Hopper Capacity unknown
    Dredging Depth unknown
    Dredging Pipes unknown
    Propulsion
    one John Red & Son reciprocating steam engine, 850hp
    two propeller shafts
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