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 |