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YSD-36
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
Built by Moore Equipment Co., Stockton, CA
Laid down, 06 March 1943
Launched, 10 March 1944
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-36, 05 April 1944
Allocated to the 14th Naval District
Towed by Potawatomi (ATF-109) from Pearl to central Pacific, May 1944
Stationed at Eniwetok and Ulithi, June 1944 - mid-1945
Stationed at Okinawa, 1945 - 1946
Accidentally lost, 09 August 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
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
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-36 underway at a Central Pacific anchorage, date unknown. |
Robert Hurst |
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Last Updated 19 August 2020
