USS Cape Cod (AD-43)

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USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway in San Francisco Bay (USA), circa in the 1980s.jpg
History
United States
NameUSS Cape Cod
NamesakeCape Cod, Massachusetts
Ordered30 September 1977
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California
Laid down27 January 1979
Launched2 August 1980
Acquired15 February 1982
Commissioned17 April 1982
Decommissioned29 September 1995
Stricken7 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
FateScrapped at ESCO Marine, 2012
General characteristics
Class and type Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
DisplacementApprox. 20,500 tons full load
Length643 feet (196 meters)
Beam85 feet (25.9 meters)
Draft27 feet (8.2 meters)
PropulsionTwo boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower
Speed20 knots
Complement1500
ArmamentOne single 5 in (130 mm)/38 dual purpose gun mount
ArmorNone
Aircraft carriedHelicopter platform

USS Cape Cod (AD-43) was the third Yellowstone-class destroyer tender in the United States Navy.

History[]

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[]

  • USS Barnstable County (LST-1197)

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