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YSD-30

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 Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA

Laid down, 23 April 1941

Launched, 25 June 1941

Completed as Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-30, 18 July 1942

Allocated to the 14th Naval District

Towed to Pearl Harbor by Sirius (AK-15), 21 July - 03 August 1942

Stationed at NAS Palmyra Island, 1942 - 1946

Foundered under tow from Palmyra, 08 December 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 January 1947

Specifications:
Displacement 220 tons (lt) 270 tons (fl)
Length 104' 0"
Beam 31' 2"
Draft 4' 0"
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-30
14583002	121k	YSD-30 painted in what appears to be the peacetime white and spar color, with her designation in black on her hull, fits out at the Mare Island Navy Yard, 01 October 1941, flanked by sister craft *YSD-29* (left) and *YSD-31* (right). *YSD-30’s crane is yet to be fitted, and bridge is still unenclosed as this stage. The new submarine tender USS Fulton* (AS-11)**, commissioned since 12 September 1941, fits out in the background. US Navy Bureau of Ships photo, National Archives & Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch, College Park, MD.	Robert Hurst
14583001	75k	YSD-30, 16 days from completion. *YSD-30* lies alongside *YSD-29* at Mare Island Navy Yard, 02 July 1942. Note that the color scheme has been changed to a more warlike single shade. US Navy Bureau of Ships photo, National Archives & Records Administration, Still Pictures Branch, College Park, MD.	Robert Hurst
0300139	75k	YSD-30 receives a Grumman JRF Goose from *USS Long Island* (ACV-1)** at Palmyra, 19 April 1943. National Archives photo 80-G-66769	Gerd Matthes

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