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YSD-50


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 Moore Equipment Co. Stockton, CA
  • Laid down, 30 December 1943
  • Launched, 06 January 1945
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-50, 01 February 1945
  • Allocated to the 12th Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 December 1970
  • Sold for scrap, 30 June 1971
  • Registered to Evergreen Marine Leasing, Seattle, WA as MPE 50 (ON 681298), 1984
  • Final disposition, fate unknown (last docs issued 1991, later listed as non-operational)
    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-50
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    179k MPE 50 lying derelict at Seattle, WA, 09 November 1993. Note the former USCG 83-footer in the background. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider

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