Sandcaster (YM-31) removing shoals on the Cua Viet River, Vietnam, circa 1969.

General properties

Callsign: 
NDJO
Vessel type: 
SD
Built in: 
1943
Shipyard: 

Physical properties

Length OA: 
31.70 m
Width: 
9.50 m
Depth: 
1.25 m
Number of engines: 
2
Engine specs: 
Superior Diesel - 650 shp

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1968 to 1973
Review: 
Scrapped

Last updated

2 weeks 3 days ago

About this equipment

Sidecasting dredger.
Displacement 240 tons.
1943 - Built as a Seaplane Wrecking Derrick YSD-64, and assigned to Pearl Harbor.
1968 - Converted to a dredger and named SANDMASTER.
1971 - (25 Febr) Mined on Cua Viet River, Vietnam (7 crew killed).
1972 - Removed from the register.
1973 - Salvaged and sold for scrap.

Technical files and data sheets

No files available

Images

Sandmaster as YSD 54 - at Ulithi