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ESG Lays Keel For New Corps Dredge

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ESG Lays Keel For New Corps Dredge

February 13, 2026

Panama City, Fla.-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Royal IHC, held a keel-laying ceremony January 22 at the shipyard’s Allanton, Fla., facility for… Read More

New Corps Dredge To be Named After Donnelly An artist’s rendering of the Philadelphia District’s forthcoming medium class hopper dredge on the Delaware River with Philadelphia in the background. (Rendering courtesy of the Philadelphia Engineer District and the Corps’ Marine Design Center)

An artist’s rendering of the Philadelphia District’s forthcoming medium class hopper dredge on the Delaware River with Philadelphia in the background. (Rendering courtesy of the Philadelphia Engineer District and the Corps’ Marine Design Center)

New Corps Dredge To be Named After Donnelly

July 3, 2025

The new medium class hopper dredge replacing the Dredge McFarland will be named in honor of the late Ray Donnelly. The late Ray Donnelly, who retired as chief… Read More