Yellowstone-class destroyer tender

Class overview
Name: Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
Builders: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Operators:  United States Navy
Preceded by: Samuel Gompers class
Succeeded by: None
Built: 1977 - 1982
In commission: 1980 - 1996
Completed: 4
Scrapped: 3, 1 sunk as target
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer tender
Displacement: 20,263 tons
Length: 642 ft (196 m)
Beam: 85 ft (26 m)
Draft: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion: Steam Turbines
Speed: 20 knots
Complement: 87 Officers 1508 Enlisted
Armament: 6 .50 caliber machine guns, 2 20mm cannons, 2 40mm grenade launchers

The Yellowstone class was a class of four destroyer tenders in service with the United States Navy from 1980 to 1996.

History

The Yellowstone class was a repetition of the preceding Samuel Gompers class, so that sometimes all ships are put in one class.[1] All ships were commissioned in 1980 to 1983 to replace the ageing Dixie class. However, the end of the Cold War in 1990 led to the retirement of of the Yellowstone class after only 13 to 16 years of service. After spending about another 15 years in the Reserve Fleet, three ships were scrapped and one was sunk as a target.

Ships

 Name   Number   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Decommissioned   Status   NVR 
Yellowstone AD-41 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 27 January 1979 28 June 1980 31 January 1996 Sold for scrap 17 December 2014
Acadia AD-42 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 28 July 1979 6 June 1981 16 December 1994 Sunk as target 20 September 2010
Cape Cod AD-43 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 2 August 1980 17 April 1982 29 September 1995 Sold for scrap 16 February 2012
Shenandoah AD-44 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 6 February 1982 15 August 1983 3 September 1996 Sold for scrap 20 November 2014

References

  1. ↑ Stefan Terzibatschitsch: Seemacht USA, Volume 2, Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg (Germany), 1997, pp. 652–655. ISBN 3-86047-576-2
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