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USACE Dredge Davison

Seagoing Hopper Dredge:
  • Built in 1944-45, at Dravo Corp., Neville Island, PA.
  • Launched, in 1945
  • Delivered 1945 and placed in commission by the US Army Corps of Engineers, as USACE Dredge Davison
  • Davison saw service in both Korea and Vietnam
  • Decommissioned in 1961
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,194 t.
    Length 216'
    Beam 40'
    Depth of Hold 15' 6"
    Draft 12' 9"
    Complement 30
    Hopper Capacity 6275 cu yds
    Dredging Depth 45'
    Dredging Pipes 2
    Propulsion
    two 1,400hp General Motors diesel engines driving two electric motors generating 1398Kw
    two propeller shafts
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    Davison
    30266101    		 249k USACE Dredge Davison underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corps of Engineers Photo    		 Tommy Trampp
    Davison
    30266102    		 44k USACE Dredge Davison underway, date and location unknown
    US Army Corp of Engineers Photo    		 Dredgepoint.org
    Davison
    30266103    		 65k USACE Dredge Davison dredging, date and location unknown
    “ History of the Portland District Corps of Engineers 1871 – 1969 “    		 John Spivey
    Davison
    30266104    		 64k USACE Dredge Davison dredging, date and location unknown
    US Army Corp of Engineers Digital LIbrary    		  
    Davison
    30266105    		 131k USACE Dredge Davison steaming back into the channel after making a discharge run at Qui Nhon, Vietnam, 9 November 1966
    US Army Corp of Engineers Floating Plant: Historical Images of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers "Fleet"    		  
    Davison
    30266106    		 41k USACE Dredge Davison dredging, date and location unknown.
    Photo from Contra Costa County Historical Society    		 John Spivey
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