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YMLC-4
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 USS Windlass (ARSD-4) (1946 - 1967)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Cuba)
Gypsy Class Salvage Lifting Vessel:
  • Authorized as LSM-552
  • Redesignated ARSD-4, 24 April 1945
  • Named Windlass, 1 May 1945
  • Laid down, 27 August 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 7 December 1945
  • Commissioned USS Windlass (ARSD-4), 9 April 1946, LCDR Rodney F Snipes, USNR in command
  • Decommissioned, 23 November 1965, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Converted to a non-self propelled vessel in 1966
  • Redesignated Salvage Craft Medium YMLC-4, 16 October 1967
  • Placed in service in December 1967
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1972
    Specifications:
    Displacement 816 t.
    Length 224' 9"
    Beam 34' 10"
    Draft 8' 4"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 65
    Armament none
    Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws
    Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement).
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    Windless 86k USS Windlass (ARSD-4) underway in 1959, location unknown. USS LSM /LSMR Association
    Baldwin 101k USS Baldwin (DD-624) at right during operations to refloat her at Montauk Point, Long Island, N.Y., at 1030 hrs. 28 April 1961. The "mothballed" destroyer had broken free from her towline, 16 April 1961, and drifted ashore. Among the ships engaged in the salvage effort are USS Hoist (ARS-40), USS Salvage (ARSD-3), USS Windlass (ARSD-4) and a fleet tug (ATF). photographed from an aircraft based at Naval Air Station Quonset Point, R. I. Baldwin was towed seaward by USS Luiseno (ATF-156), bottom left, and USS Recovery (ARS-43), top left, and sunk by their gunfire, in 200 fathoms. Both Salvager and Windlass (ARSD-4), participated in towing her off the beach.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 99108    		 Robert Hurst
    Windless 83k USS Windlass (ARSD-4) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1962    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Windless 72k USS Windlass (ARSD-4) underway, 26 May 1964, location unknown. USS LSM /LSMR Association
    Windless 53k USS Windlass (ARSD-4) and USS Salvager (ARSD-3) working together, date and location unknown. USS LSM /LSMR Association
    Windless 212k USS Windlass (ARSD-4) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Photo Ted Stone, from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Windlass (ARSD-4)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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