General properties
Vessel type:
TSHD
Flag:
US
Owner:
Manager:
Built in:
1892
Shipyard:
Yard number:
249
Physical properties
Length OA:
135.60 m
Width:
15.00 m
Depth:
9.14 m
Number of engines:
2
Engine specs:
T3cyl (22.5" - 36.5"- 60" x 42"), by the yard
Speed:
13.00 knts
Number of dredging pipes:
2
About this page
Status:
Historical
Timeframe:
1902 to 1946
Review:
Scrapped
Last updated
2 weeks 3 days 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
Technical files and data sheets
Images
![US Dredge Chinook dredging Rock Landing Shoal Channel [James River].](https://dredgepoint.org/files/styles/large/public/images-equipment/chinook.png "US Dredge Chinook dredging Rock Landing Shoal Channel [James River].")
