Chinook

General properties

Vessel type:

TSHD

Flag:

US

Owner:

US Army Corps of Engineers

Manager:

US Army Corps of Engineers

Built in:

1892

Shipyard:

Harland & Wolff

Yard number:

249

Physical properties

Length (OA):

135.6 m

Width:

15 m

Depth:

9.14 m

Number of engines:

2

Engine specs:

T3cyl (22.5" - 36.5"- 60" x 42"), by the yard

speed:

13 knts

Number of dredging pipes:

2

About this page

Status:

Historical

Timeframe:

1902 - 1946

Review:

Scrapped

Last Updated

15 weeks 18 hours ago

About this equipment

Original built as a freight and passenger liner for the African Steamship Company (Elder Dempster & Company). In 1897 owned by the Atlantic Transport Co. Ltd. of London and renamed Grant.
In 1902 purchased by the US Army Corps of Engineers and converted into a TSHD, named Chinook.
5658 grt / 3646 nrt / ON: 99066 (UK) / 600 nhp

Scrapped in 1946 in the USA.

Sources:
http://shippingandshipbuilding.uk - https://theyard.info - https://commons.wikimedia.org