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YSD-72
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, 24 January 1944
Launched, 17 February 1944
Completed as the steel-hull Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-72, 15 June 1944
Placed in service at Charleston, Joseph Frederick Roberts, BM1/c, POinC, 21 June 1944
Allocated to the 5th Naval District
Assigned to Naval Surface Weapons Center, Solomons, MD, 1960s - 1970s
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 April 1978
Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 01 August 1979
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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