Shipbuilding History
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Dredges
Most recent update: May 5, 2021.
This table attempts to list all the Corps' dredges, by year of build. It is seriously incomplete and currently being updated. If anyone has any corrections or additions to this table, please send them to info@navalmarinearchive.com.
| Shipbuilder | Location | Hull # | Original Name | Type | Tons | Feet | Built | Disposition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Moultrie | HD | 1855 | ||||||
| Webb & Bell | Greenpoint NY | Henry Burden | HD | 280 | 1862 | Acquired 1883 | ||
| Woodbury | SD | 100 | 1873 | Burnt 1893 | ||||
| Belfast NI | Chinook | 7,400 | 460 | 1892 | ||||
| Howard's SY | Jeffersonville IN | Ram | 419 | 125 | 1893 | |||
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | Omega | 868 | 211 | 1896 | |||
| Howard's SY | Jeffersonville IN | Thebes | 600 | 160 | 1898 | |||
| Rippley Boat | Grafton IL | Zeta | 871 | 167 | 1898 | |||
| Rock Island IL | Selma | 600 | 160 | 1898 | ||||
| Rippley Boat | Grafton IL | Iota | 871 | 167 | 1900 | |||
| Paducah KY | Kentucky | 350 | 105 | 1900 | ||||
| Corps of Engineers | Fountain City WI | Hecla | 220 | 126 | 1901 | |||
| Rippley Boat | Grafton IL | Henry Flad | 955 | 206 | 1901 | |||
| Gilchrist, G. A. | Belfast ME | Key West | 498 | 141 | 1904 | Burnt 1923 | ||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 43 | Manhattan | 2,665 | 288 | 1904 | Sold 1951 as Sandon II, Yau Wing No. 4 1961, scrapped 1974 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 44 | Atlantic | 2,674 | 288 | 1904 | ||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 45 | Burton | TSHD | 1,200 | 177 | 1904 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 46 | Gen. G. L. Gillespie | TSHD | 1,200 | 177 | 1904 | Later Gen. G. G. Meade |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 47 | Savannah | TSHD | 1,236 | 177 | 1904 | |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 15 | Barnard | 1,450 | 226 | 1904 | To Mexico 1942 | |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 16 | Atlantic | 500 | 140 | 1904 | Sold 1918 as Megas, Landemer 1934, scrapped 1968 | |
| Bainbridge GA | Muscogee | 309 | 120 | 1904 | ||||
| Trigg | Richmond VA | 17 | Benyaurd | 2,566 | 260 | 1904 | Sold 1948 as Sandchief, scrapped 1957 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 51 | Delaware | 3,045 | 300 | 1905 | Sold 1950 as Sandcaptain, Ezra Sensibar 1961, Hydro Atlantic 1968, sank 1987 | |
| Ambridge PA | Virginia | 215 | 80 | 1906 | ||||
| Rippley Boat | Grafton IL | B. M. Harrod | 1,082 | 206 | 1901 | |||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 76 | Ancon | 2,930 | 288 | 1907 | To Panama | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 77 | Culebra | 3,230 | 288 | 1907 | To Panama | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 82 | 3,048 | 288 | 1908 | |||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 83 | 3,048 | 288 | 1908 | |||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 84 | 3,048 | 288 | 1908 | |||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 85 | 3,048 | 288 | 1908 | |||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 86 | Raritan | 3,048 | 288 | 1908 | Sold 1950 as Sandmate, scrapped 1956 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 87 | Navesink | 3,048 | 288 | 1908 | In collision and sank 1928 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 91 | Morgan | 780 | 167 | 1908 | ||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 94 | Galveston | 6,454 | 304 | 1908 | ||
| Newport News SB | Newport News VA | 87 | Clatsop | 1,100 | 177 | 1908 | Sold 1947 as Sandpilot, scrapped 1955 | |
| Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | Fort Chartres | SD | 993 | 197 | 1908 | ||
| Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | Fort Gage | SD | 993 | 197 | 1908 | ||
| Howard's SY | Jeffersonville IN | Indiana | 418 | 167 | 1908 | |||
| GLEW/Portland IW | Portland OR | Oregon | CSD | 645 | 120 | 1908 | ||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 102 | Pascagoula | 348 | 151 | 1909 | ||
| Corps of Engineers | Fountain City WI | Vesuvius | SD | 232 | 120 | 1909 | ||
| Florence AL | Cahaba | CSD | 463 | 173 | ? | |||
| Gulfport MS | Pettus | 488 | 135 | 1909 | ||||
| Iowa Marine Repair | Keokuk IA | Etna | 258 | 130 | 1909 | |||
| Stillwater Boats | South Stillwater MN | Pelee | SD | 240 | 119 | 1909 | ||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 111 | Wahalak | CSD | 886 | 150 | 1910 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 112 | Norman H. Davis | CSD | 150 | 1910 | ||
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 113 | Captain Huston | CSD | 1,047 | 150 | 1910 | |
| Maryland Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 123 | Nelson Z. Graves | CSD | 705 | 150 | 1911 | |
| Fore River SB | Quincy MA | 194 | New Orleans | HD | 4,700 | 315 | 1912 | |
| Baltimore MD | Dalecarlia | 233 | 80 | 1912 | ||||
| Batesville AR | No. 3301 | 220 | 105 | 1912 | ||||
| Dubuque IA | Waterway | 529 | 163 | 1912 | ||||
| Grafton IL | Mayon | 275 | 130 | 1912 | ||||
| Harrington WV | Col. M. B. Adams | 383 | 109 | 1912 | ||||
| Keokuk IA | Apo | 264 | 130 | 1912 | ||||
| Keokuk IA | Taal | 264 | 130 | 1912 | ||||
| Milan IL | Geyser | 210 | 120 | 1912 | ||||
| Muscle Shoals AL | Tishomingo | 383 | 108 | 1912 | ||||
| Westlake LA | Edwin R. Kimble | 725 | 116 | 1912 | ||||
| GLEW/Portland IW | Portland OR | 124 | Multnomah | CSD | 1,135 | 263 | 1913 | |
| GLEW/Portland IW | Portland OR | 125 | Wahkiakum | CSD | 1,135 | 263 | 1913 | |
| Seattle Construction | Seattle WA | 72 | Col. P. S. Michie | TSHD | 1,673 | 232 | 1913 | Sold 1955 as Puerto Cabello, scrapped 1971 |
| Baltimore MD | Gulfport | 1,292 | 150 | 1913 | ||||
| Baltimore MD | Maj. J. C. Mallery | 665 | 170 | 1913 | ||||
| Milwaukee WI | Kewaunee | GD | 542 | 109 | 1913 | |||
| Pittsburgh PA | Sacramento | 850 | 199 | 1913 | ||||
| Pittsburgh PA | San Joaquin | 850 | 199 | 1913 | ||||
| Baltimore MD | Currituck | 1,205 | 150 | 1914 | ||||
| Baltimore MD | Absecon | 560 | 162 | 1914 | Sold as Macuro, wrecked 1970 | |||
| Charleston SC | Congaree | 410 | 153 | 1914 | ||||
| Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | H. S. Taber | 754 | 233 | 1914 | |||
| Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | Robert McGregor | 769 | 208 | 1914 | |||
| Rock Island IL | St. Paul | 347 | 112 | 1914 | ||||
| Rock Island IL | Davenport | 392 | 112 | 1914 | ||||
| Spedden SB | Baltimore MD | 239 | Minquas | 705 | 152 | 1915 | ||
| Ellicott Machine | Baltimore MD | Comstock | TSHD | 983 | 164 | 1915 | Sold 1948 as Santa Rosa 1948, scrapped 1953 | |
| Charleston SC | Creighton | 281 | 136 | 1915 | ||||
| Dubuque IA | Marietta | 297 | 140 | 1915 | ||||
| Jeffersonville IN | Cincinnati | 296 | 145 | 1915 | ||||
| Pittsburgh PA | Nolin River | 307 | 127 | 1915 | ||||
| Tampa FL | Sarasota | 184 | 115 | 1915 | ||||
| Winslow WA | W. T. Preston | 291 | 162 | 1915 | ||||
| Baltimore MD | San Pablo | HD | 1,150 | 164 | 1916 | |||
| Green Bay WI | Col. D. D. Gaillard | GD | 780 | 116 | 1916 | |||
| Portland OR | Cascades | 90 | 70 | 1916 | ||||
| Detroit MI | Detroit Wayne | 3,600 | 261 | 1919 | ||||
| Detroit MI | Lake Fairfax | 3,600 | 261 | 1919 | ||||
| Plaquemine LA | Delatour | 436 | 150 | 1920 | ||||
| Nashville TN | Grossetete | 193 | 87 | 1921 | ||||
| Staten Island SB | Port Richmond NY | 728 | Hell Gate | 1,800 | 140 | 1922 | ||
| Washington DC | Talcott | 575 | 172 | 1922 | ||||
| Beaver Falls WV | Alleghenny | 323 | 101 | 1924 | ||||
| Charlestown WV | C. B. Harris | 1,304 | 236 | 1924 | ||||
| Green Bay WI | De Pere | DD | 300 | 117 | 1924 | |||
| Sun Shipbuilding | Chester PA | 58 | A. Mackenzie | TSHD | 3,015 | 268 | 1924 | In collision and sank 1974 |
| Sun Shipbuilding | Chester PA | 59 | W. L. Marshall | TSHD | 3,015 | 268 | 1924 | Scrapped 1950s |
| Sun Shipbuilding | Chester PA | 60 | Dan C. Kingman | TSHD | 3,400 | 268 | 1924 | Sold 1954 as Sandon 3, Dan C. Kingman 1957, A. A. Raymond 1962, scrapped 1971 |
| Sun Shipbuilding | Chester PA | 61 | Wm. T. Rossell | TSHD | 3,440 | 268 | 1925 | In collision and sank 1957 |
| Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 4234 | Alabama | 840 | 150 | 1925 | ||
| Col. G. P. Howell | CSD | 355 | 95 | 1925 | ||||
| Baltimore MD | Welatka | 1,200 | 213 | 1925 | ||||
| Tampa FL | Mayaca | 255 | 65 | 1925 | ||||
| Vicksburg MS | Sunflower | 178 | 82 | 1925 | ||||
| Federal SB | Kearny NJ | 86 | Willets Point | TSHD | 1,164 | 200 | 1926 | Later Taylor |
| New York SB | Camden NJ | 314 | Pullen | 600 | 171 | 1926 | ||
| Newport News SB | Newport News VA | 292 | Raymond | 1,950 | 177 | 1926 | Scrapped 1980 | |
| Baltimore MD | Mantua | 250 | 84 | 1926 | ||||
| Leathem D. Smith | Sturgeon Bay WI | 252 | Winneconne | 217 | 101 | 1926 | ||
| Warroad MN | Traverse | 242 | 122 | 1928 | ||||
| Philadelphia PA | No. 1 | 300 | 120 | 1928 | ||||
| Pittsburgh PA | No. 2 | 300 | 120 | 1928 | ||||
| Pine Barren FL | Blackwater | 560 | 198 | 1929 | ||||
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | 1129 | Potter | SD | 1,063 | 214 | 1931 | Active |
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | 1130 | Ockerson | SD | 1,063 | 214 | 1931 | |
| St. Helens OR | Monticello | 260 | 130 | 1931 | ||||
| Leathem D. Smith | Sturgeon Bay WI | 260 | Tompkins | GD | 410 | 115 | 1931 | |
| Ellicott Machine | Westlake PA | Henry Bacon | CSD | 1,200 | 162 | 1931 | ||
| Leetsdale PA | Beaver | 475 | 138 | 1932 | ||||
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | 1139 | Ste. Genevieve | CSD | 947 | 265 | 1932 | Sank 1992 |
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | 1140 | Grafton | TSHD | 947 | 265 | 1932 | |
| Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 4239 | De Witt Clinton | CSD | 603 | 143 | 1932 | |
| Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | Capt. William Clark | CSD | 1,200 | 260 | 1932 | ||
| Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | Capt. Meriwether Lewis | CSD | 1,200 | 260 | 1932 | Museum in Brownville NB | |
| Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | Todd | CSD | 770 | 218 | 1932 | ||
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | Dundee | SD | 812 | 224 | 1932 | ||
| Pittsburgh PA | No. 3 | 336 | 125 | 1933 | ||||
| Midland PA | No. 4 | 336 | 125 | 1933 | ||||
| ADDSCO | Mobile AL | Sam Houston | 1,222 | 160 | 1933 | |||
| Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | Jadwin | CSD | 1,363 | 292 | 1933 | Active | |
| Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | Burgess | CSD | 1,363 | 292 | 1934 | Laid up in St. Louis MO | |
| Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | William S. Mitchell | CSD | 1,363 | 292 | 1934 | Now "USS Nightmare" in Newport KY | |
| Marietta Mfg. | Point Pleasant WV | William M. Black | CSD | 1,363 | 292 | 1934 | Museum in Dubuque IA | |
| Big Eddy OR | Wishram | CSD | 70 | 67 | 1934 | |||
| Fort Peck MT | A | 170 | 40 | 1934 | ||||
| Fort Peck MT | B | 170 | 40 | 1934 | ||||
| Fort Peck MT | C | 170 | 40 | 1934 | ||||
| Fort Peck MT | D | 170 | 40 | 1934 | ||||
| Corps of Engineers | Memphis TN | Omega | CSD | 218 | 1935 | |||
| Manitowoc SB | Manitowoc WI | 284 | Kewaunee | 1936 | ||||
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | William A. Thompson | CSD | 1,370 | 263 | 1937 | Scrapped 2008 | |
| Dravo Construction | Pittsburgh PA | Rock Island | 1937 | |||||
| Bethlehem Steel | San Francisco CA | 5354 | Pacific | TSHD | 834 | 180 | 1937 | Scrapped 1987 |
| Corps of Engineers | Omaha NB | General Chittenden | CSD | 100 | 1938 | |||
| Bethlehem Steel | Quincy MA | 1463 | Goethals | TSHD | 12,731 | 446 | 1939 | Scrapped 2002 |
| Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 1070 | Chester Harding | TSHD | 3,800 | 289 | 1939 | Scrapped 1987 |
| Dubuque B&BW | Dubuque IA | Wm. L. Guthrie | CSD | 198 | 1941 | Retired 1980 | ||
| Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 1082 | Hains | TSHD | 1,169 | 204 | 1943 | Retired 1984 |
| Pusey & Jones | Wilmington DE | 1083 | Hoffman | TSHD | 1,169 | 204 | 1943 | Retired 1983 |
| Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | Merritt | SC | 354 | 104 | 1943 | Ex-YSD 59 | |
| Fry | SC | 354 | 104 | 1943 | Ex-YSD, sold 2011 | |||
| Luckiamute | CSD | 100 | 1944 | |||||
| Gulfstream | CSD | ? | ||||||
| GLEW/Portland IW | Portland OR | Defoe Bay | CSD | 71 | 1945 | |||
| Dravo Construction | Wilmington DE | 2305 | Lyman | TSHD | 1,194 | 216 | 1945 | Retired 1982 |
| Dravo Construction | Wilmington DE | Barth | TSHD | 1,194 | 216 | 1945 | To the Philippines 1946 | |
| Dravo Construction | Wilmington DE | Davidson | TSHD | 1,194 | 216 | 1945 | Retired 1961 | |
| Dravo Construction | Wilmington DE | 2311 | Hyde | TSHD | 1,194 | 216 | 1945 | Reefed off NC 1988 |
| Am. Steel Dredge | Fort Wayne IN | Josenhans | CSD | 140 | 1946 | |||
| Mo Valley Bridge | Leavenworth IN | Schweizer | 361 | 134 | 1946 | Ex-YF 865, sold 2002 | ||
| Ingalls SB | Pascagoula MS | 500 | Comber | TSHD | 328 | 1947 | Scrapped | |
| Ingalls SB | Pascagoula MS | 501 | Gerig | TSHD | 328 | 1947 | Scrapped 1991 | |
| Ingalls SB | Pascagoula MS | 502 | Langfitt | TSHD | 328 | 1947 | Scrapped | |
| Ingalls SB | Pascagoula MS | 503 | Biddle | TSHD | 328 | 1947 | Scrapped | |
| Sun Ship | Chester PA | 565 | Essayons | TSHD | 11,903 | 500 | 1950 | Scrapped 1992 |
| Paraiso | GD | 1958 | ||||||
| Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 904 | Markham | TSHD | 5,386 | 312 | 1960 | Reefed off NC 1994 |
| Bethlehem Steel | Sparrows Point MD | 4608 | McFarland | TSHD | 6,036 | 288 | 1966 | Active |
| AMMCO | Dubuque | CSD | 1971 | Active | ||||
| Paceco | Mullen | CSD | 1976 | Active | ||||
| Norshipco | Norfolk VA | 178 | Yaquina | SCHD | 1,960 | 193 | 1981 | Active |
| Avondale SY | New Orleans LA | 2322 | Wheeler | TSHD | 10,614 | 381 | 1982 | Active |
| Bath Iron Works | Bath ME | 402 | Essayons | TSHD | 7,248 | 350 | 1983 | Active |
| Halter Marine | Moss Point MS | 1247 | Hurley | DP | 353 | 1983 | Active | |
| LeTourneau | Vicksburg MS | 229 | Goetz | CSD | 200 | 2005 | Active | |
| Conrad SY | Morgan City LA | 896 | Murden | HD | 156 | 2012 | Building |