Name: Wheeler
IMO number: 7923184
Type: Trailing suction hopper dredger
Owner: US Army Corps of Engineers
Built by: Avondale Shipyards, New Orleans
Year: 1981
Total installed power: 7.755 kW
Hopper capacity: 6.120 m3
Loading capacity: 11.990 ton
Length o.a.: 124,6 m
Length b.p.: 117,1 m
Breadth: 23,8 m
Draught: 9,0 m
Speed: 14,5 kn
Suction pipes: 2 x 660 mm
Dredging depth: 29,0 m
Remarks:
- Also equipped with a trailing suction pipe ø 1.067 mm in midships well with a dredging depth of 16,8 m.
Related links: More pictures:
The Art of Dredging (Marc Van De Velde)