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United States Navy tender is a general term for a type of U.S. Navy ship used to support other ships, often of a non-specific or uncommon non-designated type or purpose. Contents Top
Pages in category "Destroyer tenders of the United States Navy" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A destroyer tender or destroyer depot ship is a type of depot ship: an auxiliary ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles and weaponry of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with ...
United States Navy Turkish Navy: Preceded by: Altair-class destroyer tender: Succeeded by: New England-class destroyer tender (planned) Hamul-class destroyer tender (actual) Built: 1939–1943: In commission: 1940–1994: Completed: 5: Retired: 5: General characteristics; Type: Destroyer tender: Displacement: 9,450 long tons (9,602 t) Length ...
Prairie steamed to San Diego, destroyer force headquarters, 16 February 1946 and remained there until 11 August 1947. The Korean War demanded more hurried operations from Prairie , and she sailed to provide tending services for U.N. forces from 2 February to 3 August 1951 and again from 6 April to 10 September 1952, and from late August 1953 to ...
In 1981, she was the first ship to be awarded the First Navy Jack as the ship with the longest active service in the Navy. Dixie was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 15 June 1982. She was sold for scrap 17 February 1983 and scrapped at the now-defunct Ship breaking yard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. [4]
Kathy Taylor, former mayor of Tulsa, served as ship's sponsor. [3] Tulsa was christened on 11 February 2017, [4] launched on 16 March 2017, [2] and commissioned on 16 February 2019. [6] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One [13] Tulsa returned to San Diego on 30 July 2022 following deployment. [14]
The third USS Yellowstone (AD-41) was the lead ship of the Yellowstone class of destroyer tenders in the United States Navy. These ships are also considered as flight II of the Samuel Gompers class of tenders built in the 1960s. The other ships in the class were: Acadia (AD-42), Cape Cod (AD-43) and Shenandoah (AD-44).