USS Tidewater in 1965
Class overview
Operators
Preceded byKlondike class
Succeeded bySamuel Gompers class
Planned9
Completed6
Cancelled3
Retired6
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer tender
Displacement11,755 long tons (11,944 t)
Length492 ft (150 m)
Beam69 ft (21 m)
Draft27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement1,035
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. [1]

Ships in class

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 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ Paul H. Silverstone: U.S. Warships since 1945. Ian Allan Ltd., London (UK), 1986. ISBN 0-7110-1598-8. p. 143.
  2. ^ "USS Canopus (AD 33) of the US Navy - American Destroyer tender of the Shenandoah class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net".
  3. ^ "NavSource Auxiliary Ship Photo Archive".
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