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YSD-20
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
Built by Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
Laid down, 12 November 1940
Launched, 06 March 1941
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-20, 31 May 1941
Allocated to the 10th Naval District
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Sold 1955
Registered to National Bulk Carriers, Inc., Wilmington, DE as Sandcrane (ON 278543), 1959
Final disposition, foundered in Gulf of Mexico, 03 August 1963
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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Last Updated 07 February 2020