_underway_at_sea_on_16_March_1965_(KN-12874).jpg) USS Tidewater in 1965
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| Class overview | |
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| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Klondike class |
| Succeeded by | Samuel Gompers class |
| Planned | 9 |
| Completed | 6 |
| Cancelled | 3 |
| Retired | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer tender |
| Displacement | 11,755 long tons (11,944 t) |
| Length | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 1,035 |
| Armament | • 2 × 5"/38 caliber guns
• 8 × 40 mm AA guns • 22 × 20 mm AA guns |
The Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders were a class of destroyer tenders built for the United States Navy that served from 1945 to 1984.
History
The Shenandoah-class destroyer tenders were modified United States Maritime Commission Type C3-class ships. None of the ships saw service during World War II, Isle Royal and Bryce Canyon directly entered the Reserve Fleet, finally being commissioned in 1950 and in 1962. Great Lakes, Canopus and Arrowhead were cancelled in 1945. Grand Canyon was redesignated as a repair ship in 1971. Tidewater was transferred to Indonesia in 1971 and served there until 1984.
Ships in class
| Ship Name | Hull No. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | DANFS | NVR |
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| 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 | ||
| Yellowstone | AD-27 | 16 October 1944 | 12 April 1945 | 16 January 1946 | 11 September 1974 | Sold for scrap, September 1975 | |||
| Grand Canyon | AD-28 | 16 November 1944 | 27 April 1945 | 5 April 1946 | 1 September 1978 | AR-28 1971; sold for scrap, June 1980 | |||
| 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 | ||
| Great Lakes | AD-30 | 16 April 1945 | — | Cancelled, 7 January 1946 | — | ||||
| 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. | ||
| Canopus | AD-33 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 15 March 1945 | — | Cancelled on 12 August 1945 | — | |||
| Arrowhead | AD-35 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard | 1 December 1944 | — | Cancelled on 11 August 1945 | ||||
| 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. | ||
See also
- USS New England (AD-32), Dixie-class destroyer tender
- USS Alcor (AD-34), Alcor-class destroyer tender
References
- Paul H. Silverstone: U.S. Warships since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd., London (UK), 1986. ISBN 0-7110-1598-8. p. 143.
- "USS Canopus (AD 33) of the US Navy - American Destroyer tender of the Shenandoah class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".
- "NavSource Auxiliary Ship Photo Archive".
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