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YSD-69

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Juliet - Tango
 NDJT
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-69, 10 May 1944
  • Placed in service at Charleston Navy Yard, 05 June 1944
  • Allocated to the 6th Naval District
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 01 June 1974
  • Sold to Commercial Seacraft, Groves, TX, for $33,181.33 (Invitation to Bid 16-5031), 04 December 1974
  • Registered to Production Aggregate & Gravel, Inc., Port Arthur, TX, as YSD-69 (ON 587828), 1977
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown (out of documentation in 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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    14586901    		 171k YSD-69 in reserve at Orange, TX, 04 April 1973. Photo by Ted Stone. George Schneider
    There is no DANFS history available for YSD-69 at Navsource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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