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YSD-52

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - India - Xray
 NDIX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick:
  • Built by Gulfport Boiler & Welding Works, Port Arthur, TX (YN 217)
  • Laid down, 27 January 1943
  • Launched, 08 May 1943
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-52, 11 January 1944
  • Allocated to the 8th Naval District at Pensacola NAS
  • Reported to Pensacola for duty, 22 January 1944
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 June 1974
  • Sold to Commercial Seacraft, Groves, TX, for $32,626.66 (Invitation to Bid 16-5031), 12 December 1974
  • 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
    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-52
    YSD-52
    14585202    		 521k YSD-52 brings to the surface what was believed to be the mainmast stub of the sloop Preble, which had burned off Pensacola while acting as a storeship, 27 April 1863.
    Photo from Pensacola News Journal, 28 April 1963.    		 David Upton
    YSD-52
    14585201    		 171k YSD-52 in reserve at Orange, TX, 04 April 1973. Photo by Ted Stone. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history for YSD-52 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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