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YSD-51

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - India - Victor
 NDIV
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX (YN 216)
  • Laid down, 14 January 1943
  • Launched, 19 April 1943
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-51, 13 December 1943
  • Allocated to the 8th Naval District
  • Reassigned to the Philadelphia Reserve Fleet
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 May 1974
  • Sold to Underseas Systems, Bay Shore, NY, for $16,138 (Invitation to Bid 16-5025), 31 October 1974
  • Registered as Sea Salvor (ON 566647), 1975
  • Final disposition, fate unknown (out of documentation 1980s)
    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-51
    YSD-51
    14585101    		 288k YSD-51 prior to launching, April 1943. Jim Swank
    YSD-51
    14585102    		 135k YSD-51 at Philadelphia, date unknown. Note her pilothouse has been removed.
    Photo by Ted Stone.    		 George Schneider
    YSD-51
    14585103    		 113k YSD-51 alongside an unidentified carrier at Philadelphia Navy Yard, 24 May 1972. YC-763 is visible at right.
    Photo by Ted Stone.    		 George Schneider
    Commercial Service
    YSD-51
    14585104    		 135k Sea Salvor at Bay Shore, NY, June 1981. Photo by Ted Stone. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history for YSD-51 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 23 August 2020