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US Army Debris Vessel M/V Coyote
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YSD-26


YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Laid down, 03 June 1941
  • Launched, 15 November 1941
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-26, 08 May 1942
  • Allocated to the 17th Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to Army as debris boat Coyote, 1975
  • Sold commercially as Coyote, circa 2000 (never documented)
  • Final disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 240 tons (lt) 270 tons (fl)
    Length 104'
    Beam 31' 2"
    Draft 4'
    Lifting Capacity 10 tons
    Accommodations
    Officers 1
    Enlisted 15
    Propulsion
    two Superior Diesel engines
    two propellers, 400shp
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    Size Image Description Source
    YSD-26
    YSD-26
    14582601
    99k YSD-26 alongside an unidentified yard tug at Puget Sound Navy Yard, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from the US Navy Memorial.
    Stan Svec / George Schneider
    US Army M/V Coyote
    YSD-26
    14582602
    152k Army debris boat Coyote at Sausalito, CA, 23 May 1984. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    Commercial Service
    YSD-26
    14582603
    141k Coyote at San Francisco, CA, 08 September 2001. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider

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