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YSD-71
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 Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC
Laid down, 27 December 1943
Launched, 22 January 1944
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-71, 05 June 1944
Placed in service at Charleston, Chief Boatswain Henry R. Monsseau, OinC, 15 June 1944
Allocated to Washington, D.C.
Placed in service as YSD-71, date and location unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Sold, 1966
Registered to Little River Marine Construction, Inc., Miami, FL, as floating piledriver YSD-71 (ON 512929), 1967
Foundered off St. Petersburg, FL, 1973
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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