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YSD-13

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
  • Keel laid, 04 September 1940
  • Launched, 12 December 1940
  • Completed as the steel-hulled Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-13, 28 January 1941
  • Assigned to the 8th Naval District, stationed at NAS Corpus Christi, TX during World War II
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Loaned to Army Corps of Engineers as Belmont, 1960
  • Returned and sold by Navy sale, 08 July 1994
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 220 tons (lt) 270 tons (fl)
    Length 104' 0"
    Beam 31' 2"
    Draft 4' 0"
    Speed 10 knots
    Derrick
    one American Hoist & Derrick model 685 rotating crane
    boom 54 ft.
    lifting capacity 10 tons
    powered by a 6-cylinder Cummins Diesel
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 15
    Ship's Service Generators
    one 30Kw Diesel Generator set
    one 20Kw Diesel Generator set
    Propulsion
    two Superior model MRDB-8 200 HP Diesel engines
    two propellers, 640shp
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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YSD-13
    YSD-12
    14581201    		 107k YSD-13 and YSD-12 ready for launching at Charleston Navy Yard, 12 December 1940.
    US Navy photo from Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Collections    		 Dave Wright
    YSD-13
    14581301    		 626k YSD-13 at anchor, with crew in dress whites on deck, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy of the National Naval Aviation Museum    		 Bill Gonyo
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    Last Updated 07 February 2020