Goethals (dredge)

Goethals was an Trailing suction [hopper dredger|ocean-going hopper dredge] operated by the United States [Army Corps of Engineers] named for George Washington Goethals, who supervised much of the building of the Panama Canal.
The dredge's keel was laid at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Plant, Quincy, Massachusetts, on 5 October 1936 with launch in August 1937 and delivery in December. The dredge was operated under the direction of the Philadelphia District of the United States [Army Corps of Engineers] until its retirement in 1982.