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YSD-53

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - India - Yankee NDIY

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 218)

Laid down, 09 April 1943

Launched, 06 September 1943

Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-53, 03 May 1944

Allocated to the 8th Naval District

Assigned to Harbor Clearance Unit 2 for use as a diving support platform, date unknown

Unit name changed to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, early 1980s

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 April 1992

Transferred to the Maritime Administration and renamed FS 28, 20 April 1992

Assigned to James River Reserve Fleet

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

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
YSD-53
14585301	149k	YSD-53 underway during builders trials near her builders yard at Port Arthur, TX, late April - early May 1944	Stan Svec
14585305	200k	YSD-53 underway during builders trials near her builders yard at Port Arthur, TX, late April - early May 1944	Jim Swank
14585306	85k	YSD-53 moored at NAB Little Creek, VA, 16 June 1972. Photo copyright William Rau.	George Schneider
14585302	1292k	Three views of YSD-53 moored at Cape Charles, VA, in June 1979. YSD-53's mission was to inspect the sheet piling of an artificial island used by Navy divers in the lower Chesapeake Bay called "Wolf Trap."	Photo by Terry Rioux
14585303	1029k
14585304	1378k
14585307	136k	YSD-53 moored at Little Creek, VA, 18 June 1980. Ted Stone photo.	George Schneider
MARAD FS 28
14585308	125k	Ex-YSD-53 in Maritime Administration service as FS 28 in the James River, VA, 26 October 1992. Ted Stone photo.	George Schneider

There is no DANFS history available for YSD-53 at Navsource

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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