Posted on April 21, 2025
Mission complete (and 7 days ahead of schedule).
The Dredge McFarland has returned to Fort Mifflin after completing a Red Flag callout emergency dredging assignment for the US Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District. During her deployment, she dredged more than 335,000 cubic yards of material near the entrance of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina, opening the navigation channel to -44 feet MLLW.
(Photos courtesy of Kenneth Goldberg, Chief, Technical Support Branch, Operations Division at Philadelphia District, US Army Corps of Engineers.
