
Foundered in off New Orleans on 20 March 1999. 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. in Pittsburgh, PA, renamed Dravo 45 (ON 286374) in 1961, sold to Trinity Marine, Baton Rouge, LA renamed PA 45 of Miami, FL renamed Mary King (ON 284675) in 1961 Ĭharleston Naval Shipyard in Charleston, South Carolina built: Name To Army Corps of Engineers in 1972 renamed Fry, Sold in 2013 Typhoon Louise at Okinawa, 9 October 1945, Lost īuilt by Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts : Nameįoundered in Gulf of Mexico on 3 August 1963 To National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF) in 1974

Worked 17th Naval District, accidentally lost, Moore Equipment Company in Stockton, California built YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick: Name 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.

Ship power was from two Superior model MRDB-8 200 HP Diesel engines with two propellers, 640shp. For service power, the ship had two generators: one 30Kw Diesel engine to electric generator and one 20Kw Diesel Generator. The ships had a diving gear locker for the crew salvage work. The ship housed a crew of one Officer and 15 Enlisted men. The crane was powered by a 6-cylinder Cummins Diesel engine. The crane had a boom of 54 feet with a lifting capacity of 10 tons. The ship had one American Hoist & Derrick model 685 rotating crane. They had a top speed 10 knots, built with a steel hull. The YSD-11 Class had a length 104 feet a beam of 31 feet and 2 inches a draft of 4 feet.

The YSD-11 Class Derrick was built to support World War 2, having a displacement of 220 tons no load and 270 tons loaded. Other seaplanes built in mass production were the 1,366 Martin PBM Mariner, 749 Short Sunderland and 345 Grumman G-21 Goose. The US had 2,661 Consolidated PBY Catalina built for the war, Canada built 620. YSD-11s were used to remove broken seaplanes from the water for repair or regular maintenance. Hull classification symbol YSD is for Yard Seaplane Dirrick, Yard as in ship repair yard. While listed to service seaplanes the crane was able to lift small boats and large engines also. YSD-11 Class Seaplane Wrecking Derrick is a class of US Navy derrick crane ship.
