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YSD-23

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 Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
  • Laid down, 12 November 1940
  • Launched, 15 February 1941
  • Delivered and placed in service as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-23, 08 May 1941
  • Allocated to the 1st Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold and registered to Schultz Contracting Corp., Miami, FL, as freight boat Mary King (ON 284675), 1961
  • Out of documentation, 1967
  • Final disposition, fate unknown (out of documentation by 1970)
    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-23
    YSD-23
    14582301    		 870k YSD-23 underway on trials off Boston Navy Yard, 05 May 1941.
    National Archives photos 19-N-24220, 19-N-24221 and 19-N-24219    		 Dave Wright
    YSD-23
    14582302    		 790k
    YSD-23
    14582303    		 741k
    YSD-23
    14582304    		 154k YSD-23 awaiting sale at Newport, RI, 1960. Photo from govenrment sale bid catalog. George Schneider
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