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YSD-41
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, 07 May 1943
Launched, 16 June 1943
Built, 7 May 1943, as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-41, 31 January 1944
Allocated to the 1st Naval District at NAS Quonset Point
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Sold, 1960
Registered to Powell Bros., Fort Lauderdale, FL, as DB 40 (ON 284801), 1961
Final disposition, fate unknown (out of documentation 1980s)
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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Last Updated 19 August 2020