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USED Dredge Potter


International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Yankee - Delta - Tango
 WYDT
Self Propelled Dustpan Dredge:
  • Built in 1931-32 by Dravo Construction Co, at Baltimore, MD.
  • Launched 1932
  • Placed in service by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USED Dredge Potter
  • Assigned to the US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District
  • Repowered, October 2001
  • Active, in service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,600 long t.
    Length 240' 6" (ovl)
    Beam 46'
    Draft 9' 9"
    Complement 45
    Fuel Capacity 30,000 Gal.
    Potable water 10,000 Gal.
    Dredging Machinery
    Suction Pipe Dia. 38"
    Discharge Pipe Dia. 32"
    Propulsion As Built
    two boilers
    two vertical triple expansion condensing steam engines, 1,063 hp
    two propeller shafts
    Propulsion (Repowered-New Machinery, Equipment, and Special Features
    Main Generators: (3) Cat 3516B 1825 kW 600V
    Propulsion Motors: (2) GE Electric Motor 1200 hp ea.
    Propulsion Reduction Gears: (2) Philadelphia Gear -Ratio 4.6:1
    In-Port Generator: Cat 3408C 365 kW, 480V
    Motor Generator Set Reliance: 365KW, 600Vinput 480V output
    Steering: Marine One. (4) Flanking & (2) Steering Rudders
    Dredge Pump Motors: (2) GE Electric Motors 1200 hp ea.
    Dredge Pump Reduction Gear: Philadelphia Gear Dual Input, Single Output - Ratio 4.496:1
    Dredge Pump Impeller: Mobile Pulley Super Vane
    Propellers: (2) 5-Bladed, 81 inches Dia. (Kort Nozzles)
    Stern Section: Frames 0-30 replaced with Towboat style stern and Kort Nozzles
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    Potter
    30265008    		 123k USED Dredge Potter dredging near Island 35 on the Mississippi River, 25 July 1932.
    US Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library    		 John Spivey
    Potter
    30265002    		 215k USED Dredge Potter underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Potter
    30265004    		 434k USACE Dredge Potter and USACE M/V Prairie Du Rocher, underway near Cape Girardeau, MO., 19 October 2012 Photos by Ken Steinhoff
    Potter
    30265005    		 277k
    Potter
    30265006    		 474k
    Potter
    30265001    		 238k Re-powered USACE Dredge Potter underway, 24 April 2013, location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District photo VIRIN 130424-A-E0314-110    		 US Army Corps of Engineers
    Potter
    30265003    		 203k Re-powered USACE Dredge Potter underway, date and location unknown.
    US Army Corps of Engineers photo    		 US Army Corps of Engineers
    Potter
    30265007    		 148k USACE Dredge Potter dredging on the Mississippi River, 25 August 2013.
    		John Spivey
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