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Jefferson
General properties
Vessel type:
CSD
Flag:
US
Owner:
US Army Corps of Engineers
Built in:
1934
Shipyard:
Fort Peck
Yard number:
B Physical properties
Length (OA):
65.85 m
Width:
12.19 m
Draft (loaded):
2.44 m
Engine specs:
Electric, shore power connection.
Total power:
5150 kW
Suction pipe diameter:
0.56 m About this page
Status:
Historical
Timeframe:
1934 - 1940
Review:
Scrapped Last Updated
32 weeks 6 days ago
About this equipment
Displacement: 952 tn
Initially named "B", in 1934 renamed JEFFERSON
One of a series of 4 identical dredgers, build for the construction of the Fort Peck Dam.
They ware powered by an electric connection to the shore. The dredgers had no engines on board, but a big reel on the aft deck, near the spuds.
Fate and final destination: Repurposed into a barn on a farm near Frazer, Montana in 1940
Technical files and datasheets
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