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YSD-24

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA
  • Laid down, 03 June 1941
  • Launched, 15 November 1941
  • Placed in service as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-24, 21 April 1942
  • Allocated to the 17th Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 28 November 1960
  • Registered to Harvey Aluminum Inc., Torrance, CA, as YSD 24 (ON 285363), 1961
  • Later renamed Seahorse
  • Active in Pacific Northwest
    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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    YSD-24
    YSD-24
    14582401    		 120k YSD-24 alongside an unidentified Bagaduce-class tug, either Tatnuck (AT-27) or Mahopac (AT-29), in Puget Sound, circa 1943.
    Photo from Ted Stone collection    		 George Schneider
    YSD-24
    14582404    		 82k YSD-24 repairing anti-torpedo nets between Popoff and Puffin Islands, Alaska, 20 June 1944.
    National Archives photo 80-G-279802 via National Museum of the Navy on Flickr.    		 John Spivey
    Commercial Service
    YSD-24
    14582402    		 402k Ex-YSD-24 as Seahorse moored at Seattle, 19 November 2016. Photo copyright George Schneider. George Schneider
    YSD-24
    14582403    		 178k The Army's 569th Dive Detachment deployed aboard Seahorse during the Washington DNR's deepwater derelict net removal project, south of San Juan Island, July 2019.
    Photo copyright Greg Sweney/Motofish Images    		 Dave Wright
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