Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

Suitland (YDT-15)
ex
 YF-336 (1943 - 1974)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Papa - Uniform
 NWPU
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
YDT-14 Class Diving Tender:
  • Built by Erie Concrete & Steel Co., Erie, PA
  • Laid down, July 1942
  • Launched, October 1942
  • Delivered and placed in service at New York Navy Yard as Self-propelled Covered Lighter YF-336, 02 July 1943
  • Assigned to 3rd Naval District at New York, 1943 - May 1946
  • Assigned to Potomac River Naval Command at Washington, DC, May 1946 - March 1965
  • Asiigned to 5th Naval District at Norfolk from March 1965
  • Named Suitland, 08 June 1965
  • Redesignated Diving Tender YDT-15, April 1971
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 May 1999
  • Final Disposition, sunk as part of an artificial reef in 90' of water off Escambia County, FL., in April 2000
    Specifications:
    Displacement 300 t.(lt) 650 t.(fl)
    Length 132' 6"
    Beam 30'
    Draft 8'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Armament none
    Complement 11
    Propulsion one V12-71 Detroit Diesel, single shaft
    Click On Image
    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed By
    YF-336
    YF-335 60k YF-336 launching at Erie Concrete & Steel Supply Co., Erie, PA, during October 1942.
    Photo from Bowling Green University Historical Collection of the Great Lakes    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Suitland (YDT-15)
    YF-335 309k Suitland (YDT-15) supporting student divers during a training salvage operation at Oxon Cove, MD in June 1973. The salvage operation was part of the Diver First Class course under the auspices of the Naval School of Diving and Salvage, Washington, DC. Terry M. Rioux
    YDT-15 1018k Suitland (YDT-15) docked at the south east pier, Washington Navy Yard, by the Navy Diving and Salvage School, February 1977. YDT-16 is at left, and YSD-39 at right.
    National Archives photo K-116668     		Dave Wright
    YF-336 / Suitland (YDT-15)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page Back To The Service Craft Type Index Back To The Diving Tender (YDT) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.
    This page was created by Gary P. Priolo and is maintained by David L. Wright
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History
    Last Updated 15 July 2016