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Telescope 27 The Dredge Hains by Robert E. Lee Early in November, toward the end of her 1959 work season, the HAINS was boarded by a group of local citizens for an inspection trip while she worked the Rouge Channel. This writer was one of those fortunate enough to have been included. He is indebted to the Corps for their hospitality aboard,and to the technical liaison officer, Mr. J. L. Avesian for the material used to write this article. There are six dredges employed by the Corps of Engineers in their across-the-world operation, all sister ships: the LIMAN, HOFFMAN, HIDE, BARTH, DAVISION, and HAINS. The HAINS is assigned to the Detroit district and performs dredging operations from early April through late December along the channels and rivers of the Great Lakes. She normally works a 2*f hour day, six days per week during each season. In the winter, she is berthed at the Corps boatyard in Grand Haven, Michigan. Commissioned in 19^2,the dredge HAINS was built at Wilmington, Delaware by the Pusey and Jones Corporation. During World War II, the HAINS was assigned in the Pacific area dredging coral reefs and deepening harbor entrances to permit navigation of Naval vessels in areas such as Guam, Leyte, and the Philippines. She was the Flagship of the 1076th Engineer Dredge Fleet. Dredging was performed under such hazardous conditions as heavy ground swells, shallow reefs, sunken ships loaded with ex-ploslves, tangled cables, floating mines, and action by enemy 2 GAUGES TO SHOW HOW DEEP EACH DRAG IS DREDGING. LENGTHWISE SECTION TYPICAL OPERATION OF THE ^ water u* M U.S. GOVERNMENT M DEPTH MID--I5'6" DRAFT 13.0" MAX.-- 9.2" MIN. BUILT 1942 BY PUSEY ft JONES CORP. WILMINGTON DELAWARE CROSS-SECTION THRU HOPPERS OPERATED BY THE DETROIT DISTRICT CORPS OF ENGINEERS U.S. ARMY