The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has awarded a $2,781,904 contract to Todd Shipyards Corp., Galveston, Texas, for drydocking and repairing the Corps' dredge Langfitt.

The Corps uses the vessel principally on the Mississippi River channel, the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, and the Calcasieu Bar Channel to maintain a deep-draft navigation channel for oceangoing vessels.