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YSD-74


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Juliet - Yankee
 NDJY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, HI
  • Authorized, 19 February 1943
  • Laid down, 01 May 1943
  • Launched, 05 June 1943
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-74, 15 July 1944
  • Allocated to the 14th Naval District, where she has spent her entire seven decades of existence
  • YSD-74 is the last of her class remaining in US Naval service
  • Active at Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Office (NISMO), Pearl Harbor
    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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    YSD-74
    14587401    		 403k YSD-74 moored at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 2015, with museum ship Missouri (BB-63) in background. Wade Armstrong, Pearl Harbor Pilots
    YSD-74
    14587402    		 567k Closeup of YSD-74 moored at Pearl Harbor, 27 May 2015. Wade Armstrong, Pearl Harbor Pilots
    YSD-74
    14587403    		 507k YSD-74 moored near the USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial, 27 May 2015. Wade Armstrong, Pearl Harbor Pilots
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 05 June 2015