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YSD-73
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-73, 21 June 1944
Placed in service at Charleston, LT(jg) Joseph Strnad, D-V(S) USNR, OinC, 21 June 1944
Allocated to the 7th Naval District at La Fe, Cuba and NAS Pensacola
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Transferred to Army at Eglin Field, FL, 10 October 1945
Final Disposition, fate 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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