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YF-1149
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YNg-36 (1944 - 1946)
YC-908 (1942 - 1944)
YSD-4 (1920 - 1942)


Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Completed as the steel-hulled sternwheel Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-4, 1920
  • Assigned to the 11th Naval District, at San Diego, circa 1924 - 1942
  • Redesignated open lighter YC-908, 28 April 1942
  • Redesignated gate vessel YNg-36, 15 June 1942
  • Converted to sonar maintenance training barge, West Coast Sound School, San Diego, CA, June-August 1944
  • (Possibly reverted to YC-908)
  • Redesignated covered lighter YF-1149, 04 April 1946
  • Reclassified floating equipment, 1949
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length 87' 3"
    Beam 40' 0"
    Draft unknown
    Lifting Capacity 5 tons
    Propulsion, sternwheel, 80hp

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    YSD-4
    YSD-4
    14580401
    1206k YSD-4 and USS Undaunted (AT-58) moored at Mare Island Navy Yard, 05 July 1922.
    US Navy photo
    Darryl Baker
    YSD-4
    14580402
    25k YSD-4 moored at NAS North Island, San Diego, 1924.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 81281 (cropped)
    Dave Wright
    YSD-4
    14580403
    91k YSD-4 underway with a Vought O2U 'Corsair' of VO-4 aboard, probably in San Diego area, circa early 1930s.
    [This photo was previously misidentified as YSD-2 - thanks to David Upton for the correction]
    Poto from Ted Stone collection
    George Schneider /
    David Upton

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