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YSD-48
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 Moore Equipment Co. Stockton, CA
Laid down, 06 December 1943
Launched, 30 October 1944
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-48, 20 November 1944
Initially allocated to the 12th Naval District
Transferred from Oakland, CA to Pearl Harbor aboard ARD-21, April 1945
Towed by ATA-208 from Pearl Harbor to Okinawa with YSD-47, 13 July - 22 August 1945
Lost with three crew in Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, 09 October 1945
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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Last Updated 19 August 2020