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YSD-34

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
  • Laid down, 30 December 1942
  • Launched, 25 February 1943
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-34, 23 October 1943
  • Allocated to the 1st Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1974
  • Sold for scrapping by Navy at Philadelphia, August 1979
  • Final Disposition, assume scrapped
    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-34
    YSD-34
    14583404    		 379k YSD-34 being launched at Charleston Navy Yard, 25 February 1943.
    US Navy photo from Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Collections    		 David Upton
    YSD-34
    14583401    		 126k Aerial view of YSD-34 underway, location unknown, on 17 October 1944.
    National Archives photo 80-G-281821    		 Michael Mohl
    YSD-34
    14583402    		 112k YSD-34 underway in the Reserve Basin at Philadelphia Navy Yard, date unknown.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
    YSD-34
    14583403    		 100k YSD-34 moored at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 21 March 1974.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
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