Yellowstone class destroyer tender
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The Yellowstone-class is a class of four destroyer tender
s built by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
between 1977 and 1982.
Destroyer tender
A destroyer tender is a 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 of small combatants have evolved .Due to the increased size and automation of...
s built by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift...
between 1977 and 1982.
Ships
| Name | Number | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
| Yellowstone USS Yellowstone (AD-41) The third USS Yellowstone 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 class of tenders built in the 1960s... |
AD-41 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift... |
27 January 1979 | 28 June 1980 | 31 January 1996 | National Defense Reserve Fleet National Defense Reserve Fleet The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.The NDRF is... |
| Acadia USS Acadia (AD-42) USS Acadia was a Yellowstone-class destroyer tender in the service of the United States Navy, named after Acadia National Park... |
AD-42 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift... |
28 July 1979 | 6 June 1981 | 16 December 1994 | Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2010 |
| Cape Cod USS Cape Cod (AD-43) The first USS Cape Cod was the third in the United States Navy.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... |
AD-43 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift... |
2 August 1980 | 17 April 1982 | 29 September 1995 | National Defense Reserve Fleet National Defense Reserve Fleet The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.The NDRF is... |
| Shenandoah USS Shenandoah (AD-44) USS Shenandoah was the fourth and final ship of the Yellowstone-class destroyer tenders. AD-44 was the fifth ship to bear the name, USS Shenandoah as named for the Shenandoah Valley... |
AD-44 | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, commonly referred to as NASSCO, is a shipyard in San Diego, California and Norfolk, Virginia and a division of General Dynamics. The shipyard specializes in constructing commercial cargo ships and auxiliary vessels for the US Navy and Military Sealift... |
6 February 1982 | 15 August 1983 | 3 September 1996 | National Defense Reserve Fleet National Defense Reserve Fleet The National Defense Reserve Fleet consists of "mothballed" ships, mostly merchant vessels, that can be activated within 20 to 120 days to provide shipping for the United States of America during national emergencies, either military or non-military, such as commercial shipping crises.The NDRF is... |