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YSD-40

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:

Hull built by Bartlett Hayward Division, Koppers Company, Baltimore, MD

Completed by Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA

Laid down, 08 March 1943

Launched, 06 May 1943

Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-40, 11 January 1944

Initially allocated to the 5th Naval District at NAAS Elizabeth City, NC

Struck from the Naval Register, 01 January 1965

Sold at Norfolk, 1965

Final Disposition, fate 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

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
14584001	61k	YSD-40 underway off Norfolk Navy Yard, circa 1943. US Navy photo.		John B Neville, CPO USN Ret.

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