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YSD-42

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:

Built by by Moore Equipment Co., Stockton, CA

Laid down, 11 May 1943

Launched, 12 June 1944

Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-42, 24 June 1944

During World War II, served at Eniewetok, Ulithi and Leyte

Towed by Grapple (ARS-7) from Ulithi to Samar, 07-21 May 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, 01 February 1976

Wrecked in Typhoon Pamela in Apra Harbor, Guam, May 1976

Raised and beached, wreck sold in awash state, July 1977

Final Disposition, wreck still at Guam as of 2010

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
14584201	83k	YSD-42 salvaging a Type 88 75mm gun from the wreck of *Oryoku Maru*, which had been sunk in Subic Bay, Philippines, 15 December 1944. Date of photo unknown (probably 1945)	Randy Anderson
091904127	239k	Empty 5 in/38 shell casings brought aboard *USS Mattaponi* (AO-41) in the South China Sea for storage and return to the manufacturer, January 1969. Seaplane wrecking derrick YSD-42** is alongside, loading empty shell casings onto Mataponi's deck. Naval History and Heritage Command photo USN 1137267, by PHC A.L. Smith	Robert Hurst
14584203	117k	Wreck of YSD-42 at Piti, Guam, 1977. Photo from government sales catalog.	George Schneider
14584202	250k	Wreck of YSD-42 and another unidentified craft as seen in Apra Harbor, Guam, 16 June 2010. Photo courtesy Kyle Stubbs, shipspotting.com.	David Wright

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