General properties
Vessel type:
CSD
Flag:
US
Owner:
Built in:
1934
Shipyard:
Yard number:
C
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
Review:
Unknown
Last updated
4 months 3 weeks ago
About this equipment
Displacement: 952 tn
Initially named "C", in 1934 renamed Madison
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.