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YSD-25

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Laid down, 06 December 1940
  • Launched, 23 May 1941
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-25, 22 July 1941
  • Allocated to the 11th Naval District at NAS San Diego
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 May 1974
  • Disposed of by Navy sale, 01 September 1974
  • Registered to International Marine Constructors, Santa Barbara, CA as Happy Hooker (ON 564392), 1975
  • Sold to Ocean Systems, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, renamed D/B Samson, 1977
  • Final disposition, fate unknown (out of documentation 2007)
    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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YSD-25
    YSD-25
    14582505    		 393k YSD-25 leaving Dry Dock No. 3 at Puget Sound, shortly after launch, 23 May 1941. The tug assisting is probably YMT-11.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 47190    		 Dave Wright
    YSD-25
    14582501    		 113k YSD-25 underway in Puget Sound, probably soon after completion.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
    YSD-25
    14582502    		 113k YSD-25 moored in reserve at San Diego, 05 May 1971.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
    Commercial Service
    YSD-24
    14582503    		 91k Ex-YSD-25 as D/B Samson moored at Long Beach, CA, 27 February 2002. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
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