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YPD-4
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 Yard Pile Driver No. 4 (1904 - 1920)

YPD-4 Class Pile Driver (Non-self-propelled):
  • A wood house derrick, converted in 1904 at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Allocated to the 12th Naval District in 1904
  • Placed in service as Yard Pile Driver No. 4 at Mare Island Navy Yard
  • Designated YPD-4, 11 July 1920
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 60'
    Beam 30'
    Draft unknown
    Length of Leads 70'
    Drop Hammer 4,000 Lbs
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    YPD-4 215k Yard Pile Driver No. 4 at the Naval Magazine on the south end of Navy Yard Mare Island in July 1913.
    US Navy photo # MINSY BK 622 05, Navy Photo 5362, July 1913.    		 Darryl Baker
    YPD-4 111k YPD-4 location unknown. The location could possibly be the upper part of the Napa River or the Petaluma River, circa 1920s. The small barge in front of YPD-4 is the Mare Island Navy Yard, diving barge.
    US Navy photo.    		 Darryl Baker
    There is no DANFS history record for YPD-4 available at NavSource
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