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USED Dredge Rock Island

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Final Disposition, fate unknown

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Specifications:
Displacement 1,200 T.
Length 267'
Beam 48'
Draft 9'
Speed unknown
Range unknown

Complement unknown

Fuel Capacity unknown

Propulsion

diesel engines

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
30269301	44k	Namesake Rock Island is a city in and the county seat of Rock Island County, IL. The original Rock Island, from which the city name is derived, is now called Arsenal Island. The city is home to Rock Island Arsenal, the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the US. Map - © DemocraticLuntz Location of Rock Island in Island County, Illinois. (Wikipedia) Photo - Rock Island Arsenal. IL.		Tommy Trampp
30269302	212k	USED Rock Island performing dredging operations in Lake Munuscong channel of the St. Marys River, part of the multi-milling dollar Great Lakes connecting channels project. Completed in September 1961, the dredge removed over one million cubic yards of material from the depths of this channel. On loan from the St. Paul district of the Army’s Corps of Engineers, the dredge was utilized by the Detroit District of the Corps on this project. US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District photo		John Spivey
30269303	61k	USED Rock Island at Lock#15 on the upper Mississippi River, at Rock Island, IL., 26 June 1937. US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library		John Spivey

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