Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender

USS Samuel Gompers
Class overview
Operators:  United States Navy
Preceded by: Shenandoah class
Succeeded by: Yellowstone class
Planned: 2
Completed: 2
Retired: 2
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer tender
Displacement: 13,458 long tons (13,674 t)
Length: 645 ft (197 m)
Beam: 85 ft (26 m)
Draft: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 1 shaft
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement: 1056 officers and enlisted
Armament:

The Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tenders were a class of ships that served the United States Navy from 1967 to 1996.

History

The Samuel Gompers-class was the first class of destroyer tenders designed by the U.S. Navy, twenty years after the preceeding Shenandoah-class. The ships were specifically designed to be able to service ships with nuclear propulsion or with gas turbines. The ships were also able to service the variety of guided missiles coming into service. They also had a helicopter platform aft, although only Puget Sound was later fitted with a hangar, when she served as flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet.[1] Both ships were originally armed with a World War II-vintage 5"/38 caliber gun turret forward. The construction of two additional ships (AD-39, AD-40) was cancelled in 1969 and 1974. [2]

Ships in class

 Name   Number   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Decommissioned   Status   DANFS   NVR 
Samuel Gompers AD-37 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 14 May 1966 1 July 1967 27 October 1995 Sunk as target, 22 July 2003
Puget Sound AD-38 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 16 September 1966 27 April 1968 27 January 1996 Sold for scrap, 2008

References

  1. ↑ Stefan Terzibatschitsch: Seemacht USA, Volume 2, Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg (Germany), 1997, pp. 652-655. ISBN 3-86047-576-2
  2. ↑ Paul H. Silverstone: U.S. Warships since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd., London (UK), 1986, p. 145. ISBN 0-7110-1598-8
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