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YSD-15

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, left to right
American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Keel laid, 10 September 1940
  • Launched, 23 May 1941
  • Completed as the steel-hulled Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-15, July 1941
  • Asisgned to the 13th Naval District, stationed at NAS Seattle during World War II
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 10 April 1984
  • To NDRF, Olympia, WA, as service craft, circa 1987
  • Transferred to NDRF Suisun Bay as FS 65, date unknown
  • Still active, 2011
    Specifications:
    Displacement 220 tons (lt) 270 tons (fl)
    Length 104'
    Beam 31' 2"
    Draft 4'
    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-15
    YSD-15
    14581501    		 1000k YSD-15 soon after launching at Puget Sound Navy Yard, 23 May 1941.
    Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 47188    		 Dave Wright
    YSD-15
    14581502    		 92k YSD-15 underway, date and location unknown.
    National Archives photo 80-G-456582 from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
    YSD-15
    14581503    		 125k YSD-15 alongside Delta (AR-9) at Bremerton, WA, 20 September 1972.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
    YSD-15
    14581504    		 108k Ex YSD-15 active at Suisun Bay as FS 65, 05 October 2000. Note she has been unofficially named "Mary Ann." Photo copyright George Schneider George Schneider
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    Last Updated 21 June 2020