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YSD-54

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - India - Zulu
 NDIZ
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 219)
  • Laid down, 23 April 1943
  • Launched, 05 August 1943
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-54, 10 June 1944
  • Allocated to the 7th Naval District at NAS Key West
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 June 1974
  • Sold to Jeff T. Burk, Rio Hondo, TX, for $24,107 (Invitation to Bid 16-5032), 04 December 1974
  • Registered as Peggy A (ON 565678), 1975
  • Sold to Blue Water Corp., Miami, FL, renamed Blue Water No. 1, date unknown
  • 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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    14585401    		 368k YSD-54 underway during builders trials near her builders yard at Port Arthur, TX, June 1944. Jim Swank
    YSD-54
    14585402    		 118k YSD-54 in reserve at Orange, TX, 1974. Photo from government sales catalog. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history available for YSD-54 at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    Last Updated 23 August 2020