YSD-11-class crane ship explained

YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick is a class of US Navy derrick crane ship. While listed to service seaplanes the crane was able to lift small boats and large engines also. Hull classification symbol YSD is for Yard Seaplane Dirrick, Yard as in ship repair yard. YSD-11s were used to remove broken seaplanes from the water for repair or regular maintenance. The US had 2,661 Consolidated PBY Catalina built for the war, Canada built 620. Other seaplanes built in mass production were the 1,366 Martin PBM Mariner, 749 Short Sunderland and 345 Grumman G-21 Goose. The YSD-11 Class Derrick was built to support naval operations during World War II, having a displacement of 220 tons no load and 270 tons loaded. The YSD-11 Class had a length of 104 feet; a beam of 31 feet and 2 inches; a draft of 4 feet. They had a top speed 10 knots, built with a steel hull. The ship had one American Hoist & Derrick model 685 rotating crane. The crane had a boom of 54 feet with a lifting capacity of 10 tons. The crane was powered by a 6-cylinder Cummins Diesel engine. The ship housed a crew of one Officer and 15 Enlisted men. The ships had a diving gear locker for the crew salvage work. For service power, the ship had two generators: one 30 kW Diesel engine to electric generator and one 20 kW Diesel Generator. Ship power was from two Superior model MRDB-8 200 HP Diesel engines with two propellers, 640shp. The YSD-11 Class Derricks were built by a number of United States shipyards, including Moore Equipment Company, Puget Sound Navy Yard, Charleston Navy Yard, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Soule Steel Company, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard and Boston Navy Yard.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Moore Equipment Company

Moore Equipment Company in Stockton, California built YSD-11 Class Seaplane, Wrecking Derrick:

Name Built Notes
YSD 35 1943 Worked 17th Naval District, accidentally lost, 16 May 1946[6]
YSD 36 1943 Lost on 9 August 1946 off Okinawa[7]
YSD 37 1943 Lost off Eniwetok 10 December 1946[8]
YSD 42 1943 lost off Guam May 1976[9]
YSD 43 1943 Lost off Eniwetok October 1946[10]
YSD 44 1943 [11]
YSD 45 1943 [12]
YSD 46 1943 To National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) in 1974[13]
YSD 47 1943 [14]
YSD 48 1943 Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, 9 October 1945, Lost[15]
YSD 49 1943 [16]
YSD 50 1943 [17]

Boston Navy Yard

Built by Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts:[18]

Name Built Notes
YSD 11 15-Nov-40 scrapped in the 1980s[19]
YSD 20 6-Mar-41 Foundered in Gulf of Mexico on 3 August 1963[20]
YSD 22 14-Feb-41 To Army Corps of Engineers in 1972 renamed Fry, Sold in 2013[21]
YSD 23 15-Feb-41 Sold to Schultz Contracting Corp. of Miami, FL renamed Mary King (ON 284675) in 1961[22]

Charleston Naval Shipyard

Charleston Naval Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina built:[23]

Name Built Notes
YSD 10 1933 Sold to Dravo Corp. in Pittsburgh, PA, renamed Dravo 45 (ON 286374) in 1961, sold to Trinity Marine, Baton Rouge, LA renamed PA 45[24]
YSD 12 1933 To Army Corps of Engineers as Toro in 1947 at Mobile, AL, sold to American Commercial Lines, Jeffersonville, IN, as Toro (ON 561176) in 1974. Foundered in off New Orleans on 20 March 1999.[25]
YSD 13 1933 To Army Corps of Engineers as Belmont in 1960, scrapped by Navy on 8 July 1994[26]
YSD 16 1933 Worked 10th Naval District, in NOB Trinidad during WW2, sold in 1966 to Miss Agnes Corp., Miami, FL as Miss Agnes (ON 512147), sold to Fred B. Carlisle, Miami, FL as Miss Agnes in 1975.[27]
YSD 21 1941 Worked 10th Naval District in WW2, after war transferred to other Government agency and sold in 1975[28]
YSD 33 1943 worked 8th Naval District for WW2, struck from Navy 1 June 1974, sold 1 December 1974 to Production Aggregate & Gravel, Orange, TX, (ON 587827) in 1977[29]
YSD 34 1943 Worked 1st Naval District for WW2, struck from the Navy on 15 April 1974, sold for scrapping 1979[30]
YSD 59 1943 Worked Sixth Naval District for WW2, transferred to Army renamed Merritt on 18 August 1960, converted to dredge in 1964[31]
YSD 70 1943 [32]
YSD 71 1943 [33]
YSD 72 1943 [34]
YSD 73 1943 [35]

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington built:

Name Built Notes
YSD 15 1933 worked in Seattle for Navy, 10 April 1984 moved to work at NDRF Olympia, WA, as service craft, to NDRF Suisun Bay as FS 6 struck in 1984.[36]
YSD 18 1933 Navy sold to Madjic & Sons, Kodiak, AK as Barb M. II (ON 598253) in 1977, renamed Maxine M. in 2009, renamed Mary B. in 2013, working in Kodiak, AK.[37]
YSD 24 1941 Navy sold in 1960 to Harvey Aluminum Inc., Torrance, CA, later renamed Seahorse working in Pacific Northwest.[38]
YSD 25 1941 Navy sold in 1974, to International Marine Constructors, Santa Barbara (ON 564392) in 1975, Sold to Ocean Systems, Inc., Santa Barbara as D/B Samson in 1977, scrapped in 2007. Scrapped 1974[39]
YSD 26 1941 To US Army as Coyote in 1975, Sold in the 2000s.[40]

Mare Island Naval Shipyard

Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California built:[41]

Name Built Notes
YSD 29 1941 Worked 11th Naval District for WW2, Struck from Navy 1 November 1970, sold at Long Beach, CA on 30 June 1971[42]
YSD 30 1941 Worked 14th Naval District for WW2, towed to Pearl Harbor by Sirius (AK-15) from 21 July to 3 August 1942, worked NAS Palmyra Island from 1942 to 1946. Foundered under tow from Palmyra on 8 December 1946.[43]
YSD 31 1941 worked 13th Naval District at NAS Astoria and 17th Naval District at NOB Adak for WW2, struck 29 September 1947, To War Shipping Administration for sale 10 March 1948,Sold to Manson Construction & Engineering Co., Seattle, WA, as Manson Derrick 4 (ON 267655) in 1954. Sold to Vulcan, Juneau, AK renamed Vulcan in 1978[44]

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, in Honolulu, Hawaii built:[45]

Name Built Notes
YSD 17 1933 Worked the 14th Naval District at Pearl Harbor for WW2, renamed FS 62 in 1956 worked in NDRF Suisun Bay 1956- to 1975. Sold to William H. Weber DBA Omni Mechanical Services, Long Beach, CA, renamed Geronimo (ON 585061) in 1977. Abandoned on Terminal Island, CA in 2008, wreckage removed in 2017[46]
YSD 19 1933 Worked the 14th Naval District for WW2 in Pearl Harbor and Midway. Sold as MPE 19 (ON 504318) in 1966. Sold to Mexico port in 1974. YSD-19 earned one battle star for WW2.[47]
YSD 27 1941 Worked Fourteenth Naval District in WW2, in repair of battleships at Pearl Harbor. then to Johnston Island, then Eniwetok in 1944, then to Tenth Naval District at Roosevelt Roads in 1946. Struck from Navy 1 August 1971, sold 24 August 1972 to White Star Management, Miami, FL, as El Tuto (ON 580093)[48]
YSD 32 1942 Reclassified YSR-8 before completion, to help with the salvage of ships after Pearl Harbor attack, worked with 14th Naval District, Struck Navy 1 May 1967. YSD a Class of Sludge Removal Barge.[49]
YSD 55 1943 Worked 14th Naval District on battleships at Pearl Harbor 1942 - 1945, became Ferryboat YFB-84 in 1964. Struck Navy 1 August 1969, sold in 1971, scrapped in 1974[50]
YSD 74 1943 [51]
YSD 75 1943 [52]

Soule Steel Company

Soule Steel Company in San Francisco built. (Bridge and building builder):

Omaha Steel Works

Omaha Steel Works in Omaha, Nebraska built (Bridge builder, the only ships built):[59]

Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company

Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. in Leavenworth, Kansas built:

Other YSD Wrecking Derrick

YSD - Seaplane Wrecking Derrick were given the US Navy nicknamed Mary Annes because of their resemblance to the character in the children's book Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton.[67]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5831.htm YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick navsource
  2. https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/upload/bostship.pdf NPS, Ships Built By The Charlestown Navy Yard Prepared by Stephen P. Carlson
  3. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/moore.htm List of ships built at Moore Dry Dock Company shipbuildinghistory
  4. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/yrs.htm D-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick shipbuildinghistory
  5. https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ysd.htm YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick globalsecurity.org
  6. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5835.htm YSD 35 navsource
  7. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5836.htm YSD 36 navsource
  8. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5837.htm YSD 37 navsource
  9. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5842.htm YSD 42 navsource
  10. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5843.htm YSD 43 navsource
  11. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5844.htm YSD 44 navsource
  12. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5845.htm YSD 45 navsource
  13. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5846.htm YSD 46 navsource
  14. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/58475.htm YSD 47 navsource
  15. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5848.htm YSD 48 navsource
  16. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5849.htm YSD 49 navsource
  17. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5850.htm YSD 50 navsource
  18. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/public/boston.htm Boston Navy Yard shipbuildinghistory
  19. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5811.htm YSD 11 navsource
  20. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5820.htm YSD 20 navsource
  21. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5822.htm YSD 22 navsource
  22. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5823.htm YSD 23 navsource
  23. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/public/charleston.htm Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston SC shipbuildinghistory
  24. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5810.htm YSD 10 navsource
  25. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5812.htm YSD 12 navsource
  26. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5813.htm YSD 13 navsource
  27. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5816.htm YSD 16 navsource
  28. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5821.htm YSD 21 navsource
  29. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5833.htm YSD 33 navsource
  30. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5834.htm YSD 34 navsource
  31. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5859.htm YSD 59 navsource
  32. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5870.htm YSD 70 navsource
  33. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5871.htm YSD 71 navsource
  34. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5872.htm YSD 72 navsource
  35. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5873.htm YSD 73 navsource
  36. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5815.htm YSD 15 navsource
  37. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5818.htm YSD 18 navsource
  38. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5824.htm YSD 24 navsource
  39. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5825.htm YSD 25 navsource
  40. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5826.htm YSD 26 navsource
  41. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/public/mareisland.htm Mare Island Naval Shipyard shipbuildinghistory
  42. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5829.htm YSD 29 navsource
  43. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5830.htm YSD 30 navsource
  44. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5831.htm YSD 31 navsource
  45. http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/public/pearlharbor.htm Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, shipbuildinghistory
  46. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5817.htm YSD 17 navsource
  47. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5819.htm YSD 19 navsource
  48. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5827.htm YSD 27 navsource
  49. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/46idx.htm YSR-8 navsource
  50. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5855.htm YSD 55 navsource
  51. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5874.htm YSD 74 navsource
  52. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5875.htm YSD 75 navsource
  53. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5860.htm YSD 60 navsource
  54. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5861.htm YSD 61 navsource
  55. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5862.htm YSD 62 navsource
  56. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5863.htm YSD 63 navsource
  57. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/2731.htm YSD 64 navsource
  58. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5865.htm YSD 65 navsource
  59. http://www.omahasteel.com/about-us/history/ Omaha Steel website
  60. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5866.htm YSD 66 navsource
  61. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5867.htm YSD 67 navsource
  62. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5868.htm YSD 68 navsource
  63. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5869.htm YSD 69 navsource
  64. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5876.htm YSD 76 navsource
  65. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5877.htm YSD 77 navsource
  66. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5878.htm YSD 78 navsource
  67. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/58idx.htm Other YSD Wrecking Derrick navsource
  68. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5801.htm YSD-1
  69. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5802.htm YSD 2
  70. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5804.htm YSD 4
  71. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5806.htm YSD 6
  72. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5807.htm YSD 7
  73. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5808.htm YSD 8
  74. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5809.htm YSD 9
  75. http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/5810.htm YSD 10

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