Columbia


Name: Columbia
IMO number: 7428263
Type: Trailing suction hopper dredger
Owner: B + B Dredging Company
Built by: Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston
Year: 1944

Total installed power:2.800 kW
Hopper capacity: m3
Loading capacity:6.800 ton
Length b.p.: 94,5 m
Breadth: 15,2 m
Draught: 5,0 m
Speed: 12,0 kn
Suction pipes: 1 x ... mm
Dredging depth: 8,2 m

History:
-Originally built as a navy vehicle / tank landing craft under the name 'LST-987' in 1944.
-Renamed 'Millard County' in 1955.
-Converted into a trailing suction hopper dredger and renamed 'Esperance III' in 1973.
-Renamed 'Columbus' in 1986.
-Renamed 'Columbia' in 2000.