Movatterモバイル変換

Shenandoah-class destroyer tender

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Class overview
USSTidewater in 1965
Operators	United States Navy Indonesian Navy
Preceded by	Klondike class
Succeeded by	Samuel Gompers class
Planned	9
Completed	6
Cancelled	3
Retired	6
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer tender
Displacement	11,755long tons (11,944 t)
Length	492 ft (150 m)
Beam	69 ft (21 m)
Draft	27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Speed	18knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	1,035
Armament	• 2 × 5"/38 caliber guns • 8 × 40 mm AA guns • 22 × 20 mm AA guns

TheShenandoah-class destroyer tenders were a class ofdestroyer tenders built for theUnited States Navy that served from 1945 to 1984.

TheShenandoah-class destroyer tenders were modifiedUnited States Maritime Commission Type C3-class ships. None of the ships saw service duringWorld War II,Isle Royal andBryce Canyon directly entered theReserve Fleet, finally being commissioned in 1950 and in 1962.Great Lakes,Canopus andArrowhead were cancelled in 1945.Grand Canyon was redesignated as a repair ship in 1971.Tidewater was transferred toIndonesia in 1971 and served there until 1984.^[1]

Ship Name	Hull No.	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fate	DANFS	NVR
Shenandoah	AD-26	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma Yard	16 September 1944	29 March 1945	13 August 1945	1 April 1980	Sold for scrap 1 March 1982	[1]	[2]
Yellowstone	AD-27		16 October 1944	12 April 1945	16 January 1946	11 September 1974	Sold for scrap, September 1975	[3]	[4]
Grand Canyon	AD-28		16 November 1944	27 April 1945	5 April 1946	1 September 1978	AR-28 1971; sold for scrap, June 1980	[5]	[6]
Isle Royale	AD-29	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Yard	16 December 1944	19 September 1945	9 June 1962	11 March 1970	Sold for scrap 1 December 1977	[7]	[8]
Great Lakes	AD-30	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Yard	16 April 1945	—			Cancelled, 7 January 1946	[9]	—
Tidewater	AD-31	Charleston Navy Yard	27 November 1944	30 June 1945	19 February 1946	20 February 1971 and 1984	To Indonesia 1971, scrapped 1984.	[10]	[11]
Canopus	AD-33	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	15 March 1945	—			Cancelled on 12 August 1945^[2]	[12]	—
Arrowhead	AD-35	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	1 December 1944	—			Cancelled on 11 August 1945^[3]	[13]	[14]
Bryce Canyon	AD-36	Charleston Navy Yard	7 July 1945	7 March 1946	15 September 1950	30 June 1981	Sold for scrap 1 April 1982.	[15]	[16]