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USED Dredge / Snagboat H.S. Taber


Self-Propelled Cutterhead Pipeline Dredge:
  • Laid down, 1914 at Dubuque Boat and Boiler Works, Dubuque, IA.
  • Launched in 1914
  • Delivered in 1914
  • Commissioned and placed in service as USED Dredge H.S. Taber
  • Assigned to US Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 754 T.
    Length 233'
    Beam 44'
    Draft 7'
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement unknown
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Propulsion
    reciprocating steam engine
    sternwheel

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    H.S. Taber
    30268904
    67k USED Dredge H.S. Taber dredging in the Mississippi River Commission Dredging District in 1928.
    US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
    John Spivey
    H.S. Taber
    30268902
    63k USED Dredge H.S. Taber dredging on the Ohio River, 16 June 1938.
    US Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
     
    H.S. Taber
    30268903
    50k USED Dredge H.S. Taber working as a pipeline dredge dredging on the Ohio River, 16 June 1938
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Photograph Collection
    John Spivey
    H.S. Taber
    30268901
    69k USED Dredge H.S. Taber underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Encyclopedia Dubuque
     

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