Salvage Vessels
(YLC, YHLC, YMLC, YLLC, YRST, YSD, YSP)
Most recent update: April 22, 2011.
All these vessels were used in salvage activities.
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| Builder | Location | LOA | Tons | Built | Notes | |
| Salvage Lifting Craft (YLC) | ||||||
| YLC-1 | Burton Shipyard | Port Arthur TX | 110 | 110 | 1952 | ex-U-34 1524, ex-YFN-1192, ex-YFNX-33, IX-547 |
| YLC-2 | Marine Industries NW | Tacoma WA | 110 | 125 | 1981 | ex-YC-1525, sold 2008 |
| Salvage Lifting Craft, Heavy (YHLC) | ||||||
| YHLC-1 | Seebeck Werft | Germany | 1732 | 1942 | ex-Energie, acquired 1967 as Crilley, scrapped 2001 | |
| YHLC-2 | Seebeck Werft | Germany | 1732 | 1942 | ex-Ausdauer, acquired 1967 as Crandall, scrapped 2001 | |
| Salvage Lifting Craft, Medium (YMLC) | ||||||
| YMLC-3 | Brown Shipbuilding | Houston TX | 225 | 800 | 1946 | ex-ARSD-3, struck 1972 |
| YMLC-4 | Brown Shipbuilding | Houston TX | 225 | 800 | 1946 | ex-ARSD-4, struck 1972 |
| YMLC-5 | leased from Britain in the 60s, scrapped 1971 | |||||
| YMLC-6 | leased from Britain in the 60s, scrapped 1975 | |||||
| YMLC-7 | leased from Britain in the 60s, returned 1969 | |||||
| YMLC-8 | leased from Britain in the 60s, returned 1969 | |||||
| Salvage Lifting Craft, Light (YLLC) | ||||||
| YLLC-1 | Mare Island CA | Vallejo CA | 119 | 143 | 1944 | ex-LCT-1348 |
| YLLC-2 | Mount Vernon Bridge | Mount Vernon OH | 119 | 143 | 1944 | ex-LCT-788 |
| YLLC-3 | Bison Shipbuilding | Tonawanda NY | 119 | 143 | 1944 | ex-LCT-1195 |
| YLLC-4 | Bison Shipbuilding | Tonawanda NY | 119 | 143 | 1944 | ex-LCT-1459 |
| YLLC-5 | Bison Shipbuilding | Tonawanda NY | 119 | 143 | 1943 | ex-LCT-529 |
| Salvage and Repair Tenders (YRST) | ||||||
| YRST-1 | Everett Pacific | Everett WA | 261 | 700 | 1945 | ex-YFN-723, ex-YFNB-12, ex-YDT-11, YR-94 |
| YRST-2 | Cramp Shipbuilding | Philadelphia PA | 261 | 700 | 1945 | ex-YFN-736, ex-YFNB-17, ex-YDT-12, sold 2003 |
| YRST-3 | Dravo Corp. | Wilmington DE | 110 | 110 | 1941 | ex-YNG-14, ex-YDT-13, scrapped 1984 |
| YRST-4 | Marine Iron | Duluth MN | 168 | 775 | 1945 | ex-AN-84, scrapped 1975 |
| YRST-5 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 124 | 500 | 1947 | ex-YFN-1092, ex-YFNX-13, YRB-29, sold 2000 |
| YRST-6 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 110 | 170 | 1945 | ex-YFN-982, ex-YFNX-10, to US Army 2000 |
| Seaplane Wrecking Derricks (YSD) | ||||||
| YSD-1 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 60 | 1916 | ex-Floating Derrick No. 28 | |
| YSD-2 | New Orleans NSY | New Orleans LA | 76 | 60 | 1921 | scrapped 1947 |
| YSD-3 | no record | |||||
| YSD-4 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 87 | 1920 | later YC-908 1942 | |
| YSD-5 | New Orleans NSY | New Orleans LA | 87 | 1921 | ||
| YSD-6 | no record | |||||
| YSD-7 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 104 | 240 | 1931 | |
| YSD-8 | Portsmouth NSY | Kittery ME | 104 | 240 | 1932 | |
| YSD-9 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-10 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-11 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-12 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-13 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1933 | scrapped 1994 |
| YSD-14 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-15 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 104 | 240 | 1933 | struck 1984 |
| YSD-16 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-17 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-18 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-19 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1933 | |
| YSD-20 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-21 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1941 | sold 1975 |
| YSD-22 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-23 | Boston NSY | Charlestown MA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-24 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-25 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | scrapped 1974 |
| YSD-26 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-27 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-28 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-29 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-30 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | lost 1946 |
| YSD-31 | Mare Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 104 | 240 | 1941 | |
| YSD-32 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1942 | later YSR-8 1942 |
| YSD-33 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
| YSD-34 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1979 |
| YSD-35 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | lost 1946 |
| YSD-36 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | lost 1946 |
| YSD-37 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-38 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | lost 1945 |
| YSD-39 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1993 |
| YSD-40 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-41 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-42 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1977 |
| YSD-43 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | lost 1946 |
| YSD-44 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-45 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-46 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | to NDRF 1974 |
| YSD-47 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-48 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | lost |
| YSD-49 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-50 | Moore Dry Dock | Oakland CA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-51 | Gulfport Machine | Port Arthur TX | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
| YSD-52 | Gulfport Machine | Port Arthur TX | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
| YSD-53 | Gulfport Machine | Port Arthur TX | 104 | 240 | 1943 | to NDRF 1992 |
| YSD-54 | Gulfport Machine | Port Arthur TX | 104 | 240 | 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
| YSD-55 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-56 | American Boiler Works | Erie PA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-57 | American Boiler Works | Erie PA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-58 | American Boiler Works | Erie PA | 104 | 240 | 1943 | |
| YSD-59 | Charleston NSY | Charleston SC | 104 | 240 | 1943 | to USACE as Merritt |
| YSD-60 | Soule Steel | Freeport ME | 104 | 240 | 1944 | to City of Long Beach 1978 |
| YSD-61 | Soule Steel | Freeport ME | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-62 | Soule Steel | Freeport ME | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-63 | Soule Steel | Freeport ME | 104 | 240 | 1944 | struck 1993 |
| YSD-64 | Soule Steel | Freeport ME | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-65 | Soule Steel | Freeport ME | 104 | 240 | 1944 | scrapped 1975 |
| YSD-66 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | sold 1975 |
| YSD-67 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | to USACE 1974 as Puget |
| YSD-68 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-69 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | scrapped 1974 |
| YSD-70 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-71 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-72 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | sunk as target 1979 |
| YSD-73 | Omaha Steel | Omaha NB | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-74 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-75 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-76 | Mo. Valley Bridge | Leavenworth KS | 104 | 240 | 1944 | |
| YSD-77 | Mo. Valley Bridge | Leavenworth KS | 104 | 240 | 1944 | sold 1984 |
| YSD-78 | Mo. Valley Bridge | Leavenworth KS | 104 | 240 | 1944 | to USACE Wilmington 1967 as Snell |
| Salvage Pontoons (YSP) | ||||||
| YSP-1 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1915 | |
| YSP-2 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1915 | |
| YSP-3 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1915 | |
| YSP-4 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1915 | |
| YSP-5 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 32 | 35 | 1926 | |
| YSP-6 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 32 | 35 | 1926 | |
| YSP-7 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 32 | 35 | 1926 | |
| YSP-8 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 32 | 35 | 1926 | |
| YSP-9 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 32 | 35 | 1926 | |
| YSP-10 | New York NSY | Brooklyn NY | 32 | 35 | 1926 | |
| YSP-11 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-12 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-13 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost 1946 |
| YSP-14 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-15 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-16 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-17 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-18 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-19 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-20 | Pearl Harbor NSY | Honolulu HI | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost 1946 |
| YSP-21 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-22 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-23 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-24 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-25 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-26 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-27 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-28 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-29 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-30 | Mre Island NSY | Vallejo CA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-31 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-32 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-33 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-34 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-35 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-36 | Norfolk NSY | Portsmouth VA | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-37 | Panama NS | Balboa CZ | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-38 | Panama NS | Balboa CZ | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-39 | Panama NS | Balboa CZ | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-40 | Panama NS | Balboa CZ | 32 | 35 | 1929 | |
| YSP-41 | built at Cavite | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | |
| YSP-42 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-43 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-44 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-45 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-46 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-47 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-48 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-49 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-50 | 32 | 35 | 1929 | lost in the Philippines 1942 | ||
| YSP-51 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 32 | 35 | 1944 | |
| YSP-52 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 32 | 35 | 1944 | |
| YSP-53 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 32 | 35 | 1944 | |
| YSP-54 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 32 | 35 | 1944 | |
| YSP-55 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 32 | 35 | 1944 | |
| YSP-56 | Puget Sound NSY | Bremerton WA | 32 | 35 | 1944 | |