Goethals (dredge)
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Goethals |
| Owner | United States Army |
| Operator | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Laid down | 5 October 1936 |
| Launched | August 1937 |
| Completed | December 1937 (Delivered) |
| Fate | Retired 1982 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Length | 476 ft (145.1 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft (21.0 m) |
| Draft | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Depth | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin screw, Turbo-electric, 6,000 hp. |
| Capacity | 6,422 cubic yards (4,910.0 m3) |
| Notes | 2 30 inch dredge pumps, 1,300 hp hopper, 3,000 hp pump out |
Goethals was an ocean-going hopper dredge operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers named for George Washington Goethals, who supervised much of the building of the Panama Canal.
The dredge's keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 5 October 1936 with launch in August 1937 and delivery in December.[2] The dredge was operated under the direction of the Philadelphia District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers until its retirement in 1982.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ A Rewarding Career With the Corps of Engineers Dredging Fleet (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts". Pacific Marine Review. Vol. 35, no. 2. February 1938. p. 65. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ Grover, David (1987). U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II. Naval Institute Press. p. 133. ISBN 0-87021-766-6. LCCN 87015514.
External links
[edit]- Dredge Goethals at Jacksonville, ca. March 1974.
- Goethals dredge angle view port, from Wesley E. Johnson, Dredge history interviewee.
- Dredge Goethals. no date, ca. 1957-63.
- Goethals dredge at Virginia Beach November 14, 1974
- Goethals dredge bottom looking fwd., Maryland Dry Dock Co. December 5, 1947.
- Goethals, underside stern, Maryland [Dry Dock] Co. December 5, 1947. Showing twin screws
 | This article about a specific ship or boat of the United States Armed Forces is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |