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USS Cape Cod
USS Cape Cod (AD-43) was the third Yellowstone-class destroyer tender in the United States Navy.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Cape Cod |
| Namesake | Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
| Ordered | 30 September 1977 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California |
| Laid down | 27 January 1979 |
| Launched | 2 August 1980 |
| Acquired | 15 February 1982 |
| Commissioned | 17 April 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 29 September 1995 |
| Stricken | 7 April 1999 |
| Honours and awards | Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Navy Unit Commendation, Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3), National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Persian Gulf), Southwest Asia Service Medal, Kuwait Liberation Medal |
| Fate | Scrapped at ESCO Marine, 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement | Approx. 20,500 tons full load |
| Length | 643 feet (196 meters) |
| Beam | 85 feet (26 meters) |
| Draft | 27 feet (8.2 meters) |
| Propulsion | Two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Complement | 1500 |
| Armament | One single 5 in (130 mm)/38 dual purpose gun mount |
| Armor | None |
| Aircraft carried | Helicopter platform |
History edit
Cape Cod was laid down on 27 January 1979 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company and launched on 2 August 1980. The destroyer tender worked for many years in active naval service. It assisted the Spruance-class destroyers, the Truxtun-class cruisers and Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates.[1]
She was commissioned on 17 April 1982 and served 13 years as a destroyer tender before being decommissioned on 29 September 1995, and stricken from the Navy list on 7 April 1999. She was berthed at the James River Reserve Fleet in Fort Eustis, VA, until she was sold for scrap in 2012.
See also edit
- USS Barnstable County (LST-1197)
- SS Cape Cod (T-AK-5041)
External links edit
References edit
- ^ Yellowstone (AD-41)
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.