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YSD-63

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Juliet - November NDJN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:

Built by Soule Steel Co., San Francisco, CA

Laid down, 22 August 1943

Launched, 26 June 1944

Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-63, 01 July 1944

Stationed at Guam and Saipan, 1944 - 1945

Postwar assigned to Subic Bay

Struck from the Naval Register, 16 July 1993

Final disposition, fate unknown (last noted at Yokosuka awaiting sale)

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-63
14586301	48k	YSD-63 and YON-286 moored, probably at Naval Station Subic Bay, Philippines Islands (or possibly at Naval Station Guam), date unknown.		Carl Musselman

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