Yellowstone-class destroyer tender

Class overview
Name: Yellowstone-class destroyer tender
Builders: National Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Operators:  United States Navy
Preceded by: Samuel Gompers class
Succeeded by: None
Built: 1977 - 1982
In commission: 1980 - 1996
Completed: 4
Laid up: 2
Retired: 1
Scrapped: 1
General characteristics
Type:Destroyer tender
Displacement:20,263 tons
Length:642 ft (196 m)
Beam:85 ft (26 m)
Draft:27 ft (8.2 m)
Propulsion:Steam Turbines
Speed:20 knots
Complement:87 Officers 1508 Enlisted
Armament:6 .50 caliber machine guns, 2 20mm cannons, 2 40mm grenade launchers

The Yellowstone class is a class of four destroyer tenders built by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company between 1977 and 1982.

Ships

 Name   Number   Builder   Launched   Commissioned   Decommissioned   Status 
Yellowstone AD-41 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 27 January 1979 28 June 1980 31 January 1996 National Defense Reserve Fleet
Acadia AD-42 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 28 July 1979 6 June 1981 16 December 1994 Stricken, sunk as an exercise target 2010
Cape Cod AD-43 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 2 August 1980 17 April 1982 29 September 1995 Sold for scrap March 2012
Shenandoah AD-44 National Steel and Shipbuilding Company 6 February 1982 15 August 1983 3 September 1996 National Defense Reserve Fleet