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USACE M/V DCV Hayward

Diesel Debris Collection Vessel:
  • Laid down in 1974 for the US Army Corps of Engineers at General Ship East Boston, MA.
  • Launched in 1974
  • Delivered to the the US Army Corps of Engineers in January 1975
  • Christened and placed in service as USACE M/V DCV Hayward in 1975
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers New York District
  • Current Disposition, active
    Specifications:
    Displacement 385 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed 6 kts
    Complement unknown
    Crane unknown
    Propulsion
    two Diesel engines
    two propellers
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    Hayward
    303202202    		 47k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward underway in New York Harbor, date unknown. John Spivey
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    303202203    		 38k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward eastbound in the Kill Van Kull Channel, date unknown. John Spivey
    Hayward
    303202208    		 66k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward hovers over the spot where the missing Airbus 320 engine from U.S. Airways Flight 1549 was located by the Army Corps of Engineers using side-looking sonar. U.S. Airways Flight 1549 when down in the Hudson River, 15 October 2009, after a bird strike while taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City. The USS Intrepid carrier/museum is nearby.
    Photo CC BY 2.0Red Carlisle - Wikimedia    		 Robert Hurst
    Hayward
    303202204    		 184k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward drops off a morning load of debris collected in the catamaran rigged with a steel net to gather debris, that was attached to her side while it collected debris and other potential hazards to navigation from the waters in and around the New York and New Jersey Harbor after Tropical Storm Irene, August 2011 John Spivey
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    303202209    		 177k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward picked up this large piece of drift Friday. 26 July 2013, while patrolling in and around New York Harbor searching for drift and debris that could potentially be hazardous to navigation. The crew identified the drift as potentially part of an abandoned wooden barge. The piece is about 5,000 cubic feet and weighs in the neighborhood of 16 to 18 tons.
    Photo by Brian Aballo, Captain of DCV Hayward. Image from Flickr    		 Robert Hurst
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    190523-A-DG761-004    		 222k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward sailed alongside the wedge of U.S. Navy and Canadian surface combatants, Military Sealift ships, and U.S. Coast Guard vessels in the parade of ships that entered New York Harbor 22 May 2019 to participate in Fleet Week 2019, a week-long event celebrating the maritime services
    US Army Corps of Engineers New York, N.Y. District photo # 190523-A-DG761-004    		 John Spivey
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    303202206    		 73k The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Drift Collection Vessel Hayward underway in New York Harbor, date unknown. John Spivey
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