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YSD-60

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 Soule Steel Co. San Francisco, CA
  • Laid down, 14 May 1943
  • Launched, 21 March 1944
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-60, 29 March 1944
  • Allocated to the 17th Naval District
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 December 1977
  • Redesignated equipment (NID 411692), July 1978
  • Transferred to the City of Long Beach, CA, 15 December 1999
  • Abandoned on Terminal Island by 2008
  • Final Disposition, wreck still present, December 2017
    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-60
    YSD-60
    14586002    		 416k YSD-60 underway, date and location unknown. Naval History & Heritage Command photo NH 86265 Dave Wright
    YSD-60
    14586003    		 496k YSD-60 with a deckload of debris cleared for seaplane landings at NAS Whidbey Island, probably during the 1950s. USN photo Dave Wright
    YSD-60
    14586001    		 533k The remains of NID 411692, ex-YSD-60 at Terminal Island, CA, 24 March 2013. Photo copyright George Schneider George Schneider
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