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YSD-18

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton WA
  • Laid down, 20 December 1940
  • Launched, 23 May 1941
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-18, 30 July 1941
  • Allocated to the 13th and 17th Naval District during World War Two
  • Placed in reserve in 13th Naval District postwar
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold and registered to Madjic & Sons, Kodiak, AK as fishing vessel Barb M. II (ON 598253), 1977
  • Renamed Maxine M., 2009
  • Renamed Mary B., 2013
  • Currently active, homeported Kodiak, AK
    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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    YSD-18
    YSD-18
    14581805    		 114k YSD-18 at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, soon after launching from Dry Dock Number 3, 23 May 1941. Her wrecking derrick has not yet been fitted in this view.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 47189    		 Dave Wright
    YSD-18
    14581802    		 114k YSD-18 underway, probably in Puget Sound soon after completion. Note her light pre-war paint scheme.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection.    		 George Schneider
    YSD-18
    14581803    		 93k YSD-18 moored, probably in Alaskan waters during the war. Note her paint scheme is now much darker.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection.    		 George Schneider
    YSD-18
    14581801    		 281k PBY-5A BuNo 08118 shown being salvaged by YSD-18 after it crashed while landing at Dutch Harbor, AK on 27 November 1943. The aircraft had been running baselines for the new and top secret LORAN navigation system. Three of the eight crew were killed.
    National Archives photo 80-G-209953    		 Dave Wright
    Commercial Service
    YSD-18
    14581804    		 216k Ex-YSD-18 as commerical fishing vessel Mary B., moored at Everett, WA, 19 November 2014. She has obviously been completely rebuilt since her Navy days, only her hull form indicating her former identity. Photo copyright Kyle Stubbs. George Schneider
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    Last Updated 07 February 2020