Columbia
| Name: | Columbia
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| IMO number: | 7428263
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| Type: | Trailing suction hopper dredger
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| Owner: | Dutra Group
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| Built by: | Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston
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| Year: | 1944
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| Total installed power: | | kW
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| Hopper capacity: | 3.326 | m3
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| Loading capacity: | | ton
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| Length o.a.: | 100,6 | m
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| Length b.p.: | 94,5 | m
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| Breadth: | 15,2 | m
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| Draught: | 5,0 | m
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| Speed: | 13,0 | kn
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| Suction pipes: | 1 x 711 | mm
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| Dredging depth: | 19,8 | m
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| History:
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| - | Originally built as a navy vehicle / tank landing craft under the name LST-987 in 1944.
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| - | Converted into a trailing suction hopper dredger and renamed Esperance III in 1973.
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| - | Renamed Columbus in 1986.
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| - | Renamed Columbia in 2000.
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