![]() Got into the city harbor just as a "wild game cook-off" was starting at the adjacent park. The US Army Corps of Engineers Lock Performance Monitoring System (LPMS). By late morning, the zero foul current near the lock exits was gone for the second time and we had our speed reduced by 1/2 to 3/4 knot as we made our way to Decatur. This months featured Application Programming Interface (API) is. ![]() Joe Wheeler lock was next, after two hours, and we went straight through without delay. Rain squalls passed by all morning making visibility difficult, but there was no traffic on the lake. We locked through just prior to 0700 with a lift of 96 feet! Exiting the lock revealed a wide expanse of Lake Wilson. We had to pass a barge in the narrow approach channel in the dark. The Corps issued a Department of the Army Permit for The Grove at Gainesville on July 13, 2009, authorizing permanent impacts to a total of 2. USAASC was designated as a direct reporting unit (DRU) of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASA (ALT)) on October 16, 2006. ![]() Overview edit USAASC was established in its current form on October 1, 2002. We pulled out of the marina in full darkness at 0545 in order to get to the lock in time. USAASC is headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Va. We buddied up with one other boat that was going in the same direction and chose the former. We either had to be there prior to 0700 or prepare for a very lengthy wait. This Corps Locks website provides lock and vessel specific information derived from the Lock Performance Monitoring System. A call to the Wilson Lock and Dam lockmaster the day before indicated that they would begin locking through downbound (we are upbound) commercial traffic at 0700 the next morning.
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