Great Lakes Shipyard continues to work on the first of two new steel 38-foot work barges that will be used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Rock Island District as a working platform to perform maintenance and inspections of Lock and Dam 11 & 14 on the Upper Mississippi River.

The dimensions of the barges will be 38-foot long by 14-foot wide by 3-foot deep. The stern of the vessel will include a transom for mounting an outboard motor to power the vessel. Work will commence immediately and proceed until completed in November 2015.

Great Lakes Shipyard fabricated and delivered work barges of the same design for United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Rock Island District Lock and Dam 16 & 18 in 2010.