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YSD-68

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 Omaha Steel Works, Omaha, NE
  • Laid down, 01 December 1943
  • Launched, 24 December 1943
  • Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-68, 10 May 1944
  • Allocated to the 7th Naval District at Fort Pierce, FL
  • Foundered off coast of North Carolina, 24 September 1952
  • 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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