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YSD-17

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Laid down, 01 May 1941
  • Launched, 18 July 1941
  • Placed in service as Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-17, 15 September 1941
  • Allocated to the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor
  • Transferred to Maritime Administration, renamed FS 62, 1956
  • Used as service boat, NDRF Suisun Bay, 1956-1975
  • Sold and registered to WIlliam H. Weber DBA Omni Mechanical Services, Long Beach, CA, renamed Geronimo (ON 585061), 1977
  • Abandoned on Terminal Island, CA, circa 2008
  • Final disposition, wreckage removed 2017
    Specifications:
    Displacement 220 tons (lt) 270 tons (fl)
    Length 104'
    Beam 31' 2"
    Draft 4'
    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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    Commercial Service
    YSD-17
    14581701    		 104k Ex-YSD-17 as Geronimo moored at Long Beach, CA, 23 December 1979. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YSD-17
    14581702    		 104k Ex-YSD-17 as Geronimo underway off Long Beach, CA, 29 March 1983. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YSD-17
    14581703    		 460k Ex-YSD-17 as Geronimo, derelict at the former Navy seaplane base at Terminal Island, CA, 24 March 2013. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
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