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USED Dredge Gamma

Dredge:
  • Built in 1897 by Howard Shipyard, Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched circa 1897
  • Christened, commissioned and placed in service by the US Army Engineers, as USED Dredge Gamma, circa 1897
  • Assigned to the US Army Engineers Vicksburg District
  • Decommissioned and retired from Army service, date unknown
  • Sold private, renamed Sunny South
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 750 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Range unknown
    Complement
    Fuel Capacity unknown
    Machinery steam
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    302617003    		 79k USED Dredge Gamma at Jeffersonville, IN. in 1898 with the Ayer & Lord Co. Towboat Jim T. Duffy Jr. standing by.
    "Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library"    		 John Spivey
    Gamma
    302617001    		 40k USED Dredge Gamma working to restore the channel in the Yazoo River in front of Vicksburg, date unknown.
    " Of Men and Rivers The Story of the Vicksburg District"    		 John Spivey
    Gamma
    302617002    		 94k USED Dredge Gamma dredging, date and location unknown
    University of Wisconsin-Madison LaCrosse Steamboat Collection    		 John Spivey
    Gamma
    302617004    		 82k USED Dredge Gamma dry docked at W. Memphis, AR.date unknown.
    MAJ. Clarke S. Smith Collection    		 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
    Gamma
    302617005    		 91k
    Gamma
    302617006    		 89k
    Gamma
    302617007    		 76k
    Gamma
    302617008    		 105k USED Dredge Gamma tied up to a river bank, date and location unknown.
    MAJ. Clarke S. Smith Collection    		 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
    Gamma
    302617009    		 108k
    Gamma
    302617010    		 97k USED Dredge Gamma machinery.
    MAJ. Clarke S. Smith Collection    		 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
    Gamma
    302617011    		 93k
    Gamma
    302617012    		 114k USED Dredge Gamma pipeline and deck.
    MAJ. Clarke S. Smith Collection    		 U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Digital Library
    Gamma
    302617013    		 125k
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