Vessel Owner: United States Army Corps of Engineers
Vessel Builder: Built in Point Pleasant West Virginia
Vessel Operation Team: USACE Vicksburg District, Vicksburg, MS
Vessel Particulars
- Length Overall: 274’
- Breadth: 53'
- Hull Depth: 9'- 9"
- Draft: 7' - 6"
- Displacement: 2300 tons
- Fuel Capacity: 45,000
- Potable water: 10,000
- Accommodations: 51
- Original Year Built: 1933
- Suction Pipe Dia.: 38"
- Discharge Pipe Dia.: 32"
New Machinery, Equipment, and Special Features
- Main Generators: 3 ea 1675 KW 2550 HP
- Propulsion Motors: 2 ea. 1200 hp
- Propulsion Reduction Gears: 4.5 to 1
- In-Port Generator: 600 amp 12 92V Detroit
- Motor Generator Set Reliance: 98%
- Steering: Electric over HYD Skipper
- Dredge Pump Motors:2 Ea 1200 HP
- Dredge Pump Reduction Gear: 3.865 to 1
- Dredge Pump Impellor: 12’
- Propellers: 84” four blade Rolls Royce
- Stern Section: Frames 0-30 replaced with Towboat style stern and Kort Nozzles
- New dredge ladder and lifting frame installed to increase dredging depth to 70 feet