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YSD-44
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 Moore Equipment Co., Stockton, CA
Laid down, 05 July 1943
Launched, 20 July 1944
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-44, 11 August 1944
Transported as deck cargo on ARD-27 with YSD-64 from Pearl Harbor to Guam, January 1945
Assigned to NAB Orote, Guam, January - July 1945
Towed by Valve (ARS-28) from Guam to Chimu Wan, Okinawa, 05-15 July 1945
Struck from the Naval Register, 01 August 1971
Sold for scrap, 19 June 1972
FInal disposition, fate unknown
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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