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YSD-11

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
  • Laid down, 16 May 1940
  • Launched, 21 August 1940
  • Completed as the steel-hulled Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-11, 15 November 1940
  • Assigned to the First Naval District, mostly operating at NAS Quonset Point, during World War II
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Registered to Hoyt C. and James R. Foster, Miami, FL as freight barge D.B. No. 1 (ON 290244), 1963
  • Owners later restyled as Foster Marine Contractors, Deerfield Beach, FL
  • Final disposition, unknown (out of documentation 1980s)
    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-11
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    14581101    		 23k YSD-11 under construction in the Assembly Shop, at Boston Navy Yard, 05 July 1940.
    Boston National Historical Park Collection, NPS Catalog No. BOSTS-11126.    		 Stephen P. Carlson, Boston NHP,
    Charlestown Navy Yard
    YSD-11
    14581102    		 919k YSD-11 underway, probably during builders trials.
    US Navy photo, now in National Archives Record Group 181, Administrative History of First Naval District in World War II,
    NA identifier 38329805.    		 Dave Wright
    YSD-11
    14581103    		 23k YSD-11 at Newport, RI, 1960. Photo from government sale bid catalog. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history for YSD-11 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 16 January 2018