US Army Corps of Engineers Dredges

This table attempts to list all the Corps' dredges, by year of build. It is seriously incomplete.

Name Builder Location Tons LOA Built Notes
HD General Moultrie 1855
HD Henry Burden Webb & Bell Greenpoint NY 280 1862 acquired 1883
SD Woodbury 100 1873 burned 1893
Chinook Belfast NI 7,400 460 1892
ram Howard's SY Jeffersonville IN 419 125 1893
Omega Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 868 211 1896
Thebes Howard's SY Jeffersonville IN 600 160 1898
Zeta Rippley boat Grafton IL 871 167 1898
Selma Rock Island IL 600 160 1898
Iota Rippley boat Grafton IL 871 167 1900
Kentucky Paducah KY 350 105 1900
Hecla USACE Fountain City WI 220 126 1901
Henry Flad Rippley boat Grafton IL 955 206 1901
Key West Gilchrist, G. A. Belfast ME 498 141 1904 burned 1923
43 Manhattan Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 2,665 288 1904 sold 1951 as Sandon II, Yau Wing No. 4 1961, scrapped 1974
44 Atlantic Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 2,674 288 1904
TSHD-45 Burton Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 1,200 177 1904
TSHD-46 Gen. G. L. Gillespie Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 1,200 177 1904 later Gen. G. G. Meade
TSHD-47 Savannah Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 1,236 177 1904
15 Barnard New York SB Camden NJ 1,450 226 1904 to Mexico 1942
16 Atlantic New York SB Camden NJ 500 140 1904 sold 1918 as Megas, Landemer 1934, scrapped 1968
Muscogee Bainbridge GA 309 120 1904
17 Benyaurd Trigg Richmond VA 2,566 260 1904 sold 1948 as Sandchief, scrapped 1957
51 Delaware Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,045 300 1905 sold 1950 as Sandcaptain, Ezra Sensibar 1961, Hydro Atlantic 1968, sank 1987
Virginia Ambridge PA 215 80 1906
B. M. Harrod Rippley boat Grafton IL 1,082 206 1901
76 Ancon Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 2,930 288 1907 to Panama
77 Culebra Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,230 288 1907 to Panama
82 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,048 288 1908
83 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,048 288 1908
84 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,048 288 1908
85 Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,048 288 1908
86 Raritan Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,048 288 1908 sold 1950 as Sandmate, scrapped 1956
87 Navesink Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 3,048 288 1908 collision and sank 1928
91 Morgan Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 780 167 1908
94 Galveston Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 6,454 304 1908
87 Clatsop Newport News SB Newport News VA 1,100 177 1908 sold 1947 as Sandpilot, scrapped 1955
SD Fort Chartres Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA 993 197 1908
SD Fort Gage Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA 993 197 1908
Indiana Howard's SY Jeffersonville IN 418 167 1908
CSD- Oregon GLEW/Portland IW Portland OR 645 120 1908
102 Pascagoula Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 348 151 1909
SD Vesuvius USACE Fountain City WI 232 120 1909
CSD- Cahaba Florence AL 463 173 ?
Pettus Gulfport MS 488 135 1909
Etna Iowa Marine Repair Keokuk IA 258 130 1909
SD Pelee Stillwater Boats South Stillwater MN 240 119 1909
CSD-111 Wahalak Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 886 150 1910
CSD-112 Norman H. Davis Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 150 1910
CSD-113 Captain Huston Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 1,047 150 1910
CSD-123 Nelson Z. Graves Maryland Steel Sparrows Point MD 705 150 1911
HD 194 New Orleans Fore River SB Quincy MA 4,700 315 1912
Dalecarlia Baltimore MD 233 80 1912
No. 3301 Batesville AR 220 105 1912
Waterway Dubuque IA 529 163 1912
Mayon Grafton IL 275 130 1912
Col. M. B. Adams Harrington WV 383 109 1912
Apo Keokuk IA 264 130 1912
Taal Keokuk IA 264 130 1912
Geyser Milan IL 210 120 1912
Tishomingo Muscle Shoals AL 383 108 1912
Edwin R. Kimble Westlake LA 725 116 1912
CSD-124 Multnomah GLEW/Portland IW Portland OR 1,135 263 1913
CSD-125 Wahkiakum GLEW/Portland IW Portland OR 1,135 263 1913
TSHD-72 Col. P. S. Michie Seattle Construction Seattle WA 1,673 232 1913 sold 1955 as Puerto Cabello, scrapped 1971
Gulfport Baltimore MD 1,292 150 1913
Maj. J. C. Mallery Baltimore MD 665 170 1913
GD- Kewaunee Milwaukee WI 542 109 1913
Sacramento Pittsburgh PA 850 199 1913
San Joaquin Pittsburgh PA 850 199 1913
Currituck Baltimore MD 1,205 150 1914
Absecon Baltimore MD 560 162 1914 sold as Macuro, wrecked 1970
Congaree Charleston SC 410 153 1914
H. S. Taber Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA 754 233 1914
Robert McGregor Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA 769 208 1914
St. Paul Rock Island IL 347 112 1914
Davenport Rock Island IL 392 112 1914
239 Minquas Spedden SB Baltimore MD 705 152 1915
TSHD- Comstock Ellicott Machine Baltimore MD 983 164 1915 sold 1948 as Santa Rosa 1948, scrapped 1953
Creighton Charleston SC 281 136 1915
Marietta Dubuque IA 297 140 1915
Cincinnati Jeffersonville IN 296 145 1915
Nolin River Pittsburgh PA 307 127 1915
Sarasota Tampa FL 184 115 1915
W. T. Preston Winslow WA 291 162 1915
HD San Pablo Baltimore MD 1,150 164 1916
GD- Col. D. D. Gaillard Green Bay WI 780 116 1916
Cascades Portland OR 90 70 1916
Detroit Wayne Detroit MI 3,600 261 1919
Lake Fairfax Detroit MI 3,600 261 1919
Delatour Plaquemine LA 436 150 1920
Grossetete Nashville TN 193 87 1921
728 Hell Gate Staten Island SB Port Richmond NY 1,800 140 1922
Talcott Washington DC 575 172 1922
Alleghenny Beaver Falls WV 323 101 1924
C. B. Harris Charlestown WV 1,304 236 1924
DD- De Pere Green Bay WI 300 117 1924
TSHD-58 A. Mackenzie Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 3,015 268 1924 collision and sank 1974
TSHD-59 W. L. Marshall Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 3,015 268 1924 scrapped 1950s
TSHD-60 Dan C. Kingman Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 3,400 268 1924 sold 1954 as Sandon 3, Dan C. Kingman 1957, A. A. Raymond 1962, scrapped 1971
TSHD-61 Wm. T. Rossell Sun Shipbuilding Chester PA 3,440 268 1925 collision and sank 1957
4234 Alabama Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD 840 150 1925
CSD- Col. G. P. Howell 355 95 1925
Welatka Baltimore MD 1,200 213 1925
Mayaca Tampa FL 255 65 1925
Sunflower Vicksburg MS 178 82 1925
TSHD-86 Willets Point Federal SB Kearny NJ 1,164 200 1926 later Taylor
314 Pullen New York SB Camden NJ 600 171 1926
292 Raymond Newport News SB Newport News VA 1,950 177 1926 scrapped 1980
Mantua Baltimore MD 250 84 1926
252 Winneconne Leathem D. Smith Sturgeon Bay WI 217 101 1926
Traverse Warroad MN 242 122 1928
No. 1 Philadelphia PA 300 120 1928
No. 2 Pittsburgh PA 300 120 1928
Blackwater Pine Barren FL 560 198 1929
SD 1129 Potter Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 1,063 214 1931
SD 1130 Ockerson Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 1,063 214 1931
Monticello St. Helens OR 260 130 1931
GD-260 Tompkins Leathem D. Smith Sturgeon Bay WI 410 115 1931
CSD- Henry Bacon Ellicott Machine Westlake PA 1,200 162 1931
Beaver Leetsdale PA 475 138 1932
CSD-1139 Ste. Genevieve Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 947 265 1932 sank 1992
TSHD-1140 Grafton Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 947 265 1932
CSD-4239 De Witt Clinton Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD 603 143 1932
CSD- Capt. William Clark Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV 1,200 260 1932
CSD- Capt. Meriwether Lewis Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV 1,200 260 1932 museum in Brownville NB
CSD- Todd Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA 770 218 1932
SD Dundee Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 812 224 1932
No. 3 Pittsburgh PA 336 125 1933
No. 4 Midland PA 336 125 1933
Sam Houston ADDSCO Mobile AL 1,222 160 1933
CSD- Jadwin Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV 1,363 292 1933
CSD- Burgess Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV 1,363 292 1934 laid up in St. Louis MO
CSD- William S. Mitchell Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV 1,363 292 1934 now "USS Nightmare" in Newport KY
CSD- William M. Black Marietta Mfg. Point Pleasant WV 1,363 292 1934 museum in Dubuque IA
CSD- Wishram Big Eddy OR 70 67 1934
A Fort Peck MT 170 40 1934
B Fort Peck MT 170 40 1934
C Fort Peck MT 170 40 1934
D Fort Peck MT 170 40 1934
CSD- Omega USACE Memphis TN 218 1935
284 Kewaunee Manitowoc SB Manitowoc WI 1936
CSD- William A. Thompson Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 1,370 263 1937 scrapped 2008
Rock Island Dravo Construction Pittsburgh PA 1937
TSHD-5354 Pacific Bethlehem Steel San Francisco CA 834 180 1937 scrapped 1987
CSD- General Chittenden USACE Omaha NB 100 1938
TSHD-1463 Goethals Bethlehem Steel Quincy MA 12,731 446 1939 scrapped 2002
TSHD-1070 Chester Harding Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 3,800 289 1939 scrapped 1987
CSD- Wm. L. Guthrie Dubuque B&BW Dubuque IA 198 1941 retired 1980
TSHD-1082 Hains Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1,169 204 1943 retired 1984
TSHD-1083 Hoffman Pusey & Jones Wilmington DE 1,169 204 1943 retired 1983
SC- Merritt Charleston NSY Charleston SC 354 104 1943 ex-YSD-59
SC- Fry 354 104 1943 ex-YSD, sold 2011
CSD- Luckiamute 100 1944
CSD- Gulfstream ?
CSD- Defoe Bay GLEW/Portland IW Portland OR 71 1945
TSHD-2305 Lyman Dravo Construction Wilmington DE 1,194 216 1945 retired 1982
TSHD- Barth Dravo Construction Wilmington DE 1,194 216 1945 to the Philippines 1946
TSHD- Davidson Dravo Construction Wilmington DE 1,194 216 1945 retired 1961
TSHD-2311 Hyde Dravo Construction Wilmington DE 1,194 216 1945 reefed off NC 1988
CSD- Josenhans Am. Steel Dredge Fort Wayne IN 140 1946
Schweizer Mo Valley Bridge Leavenworth IN 361 134 1946 ex-YF-865, sold 2002
TSHD-500 Comber Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS 328 1947 scrapped
TSHD-501 Gerig Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS 328 1947 scrapped 1991
TSHD-502 Langfitt Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS 328 1947 scrapped
TSHD-503 Biddle Ingalls SB Pascagoula MS 328 1947 scrapped
TSHD-565 Essayons Sun Ship Chester PA 11,903 500 1950 scrapped 1992
GD- Paraiso 1958
TSHD-904 Markham Avondale SY New Orleans LA 5,386 312 1960 reefed off NC 1994
TSHD-4608 McFarland Bethlehem Steel Sparrows Point MD 6,036 288 1966
CSD- Dubuque AMMCO 1971
CSD- Mullen Paceco 1976
SCHD 178 Yaquina Norshipco Norfolk VA 1,960 193 1981
TSHD-2322 Wheeler Avondale SY New Orleans LA 10,614 381 1982
TSHD-402 Essayons Bath Iron Works Bath ME 7,248 350 1983
DP 1247 Hurley Halter Marine Moss Point MS 353 1983
CSD-229 Goetz LeTourneau Vicksburg MS 200 2005
HD 896 Murden Conrad SY Morgan City LA 156 2012

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