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YSD-19

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:

Built by Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, HI

Laid down, 18 July 1941

Launched, 27 September 1941

Placed in service as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-19, 15 November 1941

Allocated to 14th Naval District

YSD-19 was present at Pearl Harbor, 07 December 1941

Served at Pearl Harbor and Midway during World War Two

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold and registered as MPE 19 (ON 504318), 1966

Sold to Mexican owners, 1974

Final disposition, fate unknown

YSD-19 earned one battle star for World War II service

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

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
YSD-19
14581901	54k	YSD-19 with a salvaged Japanese Aichi D3A dive bomber on her deck at Pearl Harbor, circa 10 December 1941. US Navy photos from Pearl Harbor by H. P. Willmott (Bison Books Ltd., 1981).	Japanese Aviation & more web site
14581902	46k		Japanese Aviation & more web site
14581905	125k	More detailed image of above view. Photo from Ted Stone collection.	George Schneider
14581903	92k	Two views of the bridge area of YSD-19 (nicknamed USS "Mary Ann" by her crew) at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands in 1953, with Richard Wheeler at the helm.	Richard Wheeler
14581904	196k	Two views of YSD-19 at Pearl Harbor in 1964. Floating derrick YD-107 is moored in the background. Photos from govermnent sale bid brochure.	George Schneider

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Last Updated 07 February 2020