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YSD-61
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 Soule Steel Co., San Francisco, CA
Laid down, 24 June 1943
Launched, 22 April 1944
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-61, 29 April 1944
Allocated to the 13th Naval District at NAS Whidbey Island
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Sold, 27 October 1960
Registered to Western Marine Construction, Inc., Seattle, WA, as O & M No. 1 (ON 284150), 1961
Out of documentation 2011 - abandoned on Snohomish River
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-61 underway on trials in San Francisco Bay, 28 April 1944. Photo from Ted Stone collection. |
George Schneider |
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Last Updated 28 August 2020
