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YSD-42


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal


YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by by Moore Equipment Co., Stockton, CA
  • Laid down, 11 May 1943
  • Launched, 12 June 1944
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-42, 24 June 1944
  • During World War II, served at Eniewetok, Ulithi and Leyte
  • Towed by Grapple (ARS-7) from Ulithi to Samar, 07-21 May 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 February 1976
  • Wrecked in Typhoon Pamela in Apra Harbor, Guam, May 1976
  • Raised and beached, wreck sold in awash state, July 1977
  • Final Disposition, wreck still at Guam as of 2010
    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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    YSD-42
    14584201
    83k YSD-42 salvaging a Type 88 75mm gun from the wreck of Oryoku Maru, which had been sunk in Subic Bay, Philippines, 15 December 1944. Date of photo unknown (probably 1945) Randy Anderson
    Mattaponi
    091904127
    239k Empty 5 in/38 shell casings brought aboard USS Mattaponi (AO-41) in the South China Sea for storage and return to the manufacturer, January 1969. Seaplane wrecking derrick YSD-42 is alongside, loading empty shell casings onto Mataponi's deck.
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo USN 1137267, by PHC A.L. Smith
    Robert Hurst
    YSD-42
    14584203
    117k Wreck of YSD-42 at Piti, Guam, 1977. Photo from government sales catalog. George Schneider
    YSD-42
    14584202
    250k Wreck of YSD-42 and another unidentified craft as seen in Apra Harbor, Guam, 16 June 2010. Photo courtesy Kyle Stubbs, shipspotting.com. David Wright


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