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YSD-29

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 Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Laid down, 14 April 1941
  • Launched, 04 June 1941
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-29, 01 April 1942
  • Allocated to the 11th Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 November 1970
  • Sold at Long Beach, CA, 30 June 1971
  • 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
    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-29
    YSD-53
    14582902    		 377k Launching of YSD-29 by YD-33 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 4 June 1941. The tug Cahokia (YTB-135) is in the background alongside YD-33.
    US Navy photos courtesy of Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.    		 Darryl Baker
    YSD-53
    14582901    		 407k
    YSD-30
    14583001    		 75k YSD-29 lies alongside YSD-30 at Mare Island Navy Yard, 2 July 1942. Note that the color scheme has been changed to a more warlike single shade.
    US Navy Bureau of Ships photo, National Archives & Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch, College Park, MD.    		 Robert Hurst
    YSD-29
    14582903    		 105k YSD-29 at Long Beach, 1971. Photo from government sales catalog. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history available for YSD-29 at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 19 August 2020