USS Yellowstone (AD 41) Class

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USS Yellowstone (AD 41).
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Class: YELLOWSTONE (AD 41)
Design: SAIP Project Nos. 700.73 and 700.75
Displacement (tons): 13,315 light, 20,263 full (AD 41)
Dimensions (feet): 642' oa, 620' wl x 85' e/wl x 27' max nav.
Armament: (41-42): 2-20mmS; (43-44): 4-20mmS
Accommodations: 87 officers, 1,508 enlisted (AD 41)
Speed (kts.): 20 (18 sustained)
Propulsion (HP): 20,000
Machinery: Steam turbines, 2 boilers (600psi), 1 screw

Construction:

AD	Name	Ord	Builder	Keel	Launch	Comm
41	YELLOWSTONE	15 Dec 1975	National Steel, San Diego	27 Jun 1977	27 Jan 1979	28 Jun 1980
42	ACADIA	11 Mar 1976	National Steel, San Diego	14 Feb 1978	28 Jul 1979	6 Jun 1981
43	CAPE COD	30 Sep 1977	National Steel, San Diego	27 Jan 1979	2 Aug 1980	17 Apr 1982
44	SHENENDOAH	12 Jun 1979	National Steel, San Diego	2 Aug 1980	6 Feb 1982	15 Aug 1983

Disposition:

AS	Name	T	Decomm	Strike	Disposal	Fate	MA Sale/Depart
41	YELLOWSTONE		31 Jan 1996	7 Apr 1999	28 Jul 2001	MA/T	17 Dec 2014/D
42	ACADIA		16 Dec 1994	13 Dec 2007	20 Sep 2010	Target	--
43	CAPE COD		29 Sep 1995	7 Apr 1999	28 Jul 2001	MA/T	16 Feb 2012
44	SHENENDOAH		13 Sep 1996	7 Apr 1999	28 Jul 2001	MA/T	20 Nov 2014/D

Fates: MA/T (Title to MA, ship sold later)

Class Notes:
Approved characteristics for a Destroyer Tender (AD), SAIP Project No. 700.73, were promulgated on 25 October 1972 and updated as Project No. 700.75 on 26 Sep 1973 with a final change on 12 April 1976. AD 41-44 were of the GOMPERS (SCB 700.FY) design and were considered as flight II of the that class, although the Navy listed them as a separate class. They were all built by General Dynamics, National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp., San Diego. AD 45 was proposed but not authorized.

Like AD 37-38, these four ships were decommissioned in 1994-1996 after the Navy abandoned the use of forward deployable tenders to support operating forces.

Ship Notes:

AD	Name	MA	Notes
41	YELLOWSTONE		FY 1975. 16 years in commission. In "reduced operating status" (ROS), partially crewed by Naval Reservists, at NISMF (Naval Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility) Philadelphia until to MA custody in the James River Reserve Fleet (JRRF) 6 Apr 2000. Departed MA custody 17 Dec 2014.
42	ACADIA		FY 1976. 13 years in commission. Laid up at NISMF Pearl Harbor. Sunk as target off Guam during live-fire training exercise Valiant Shield.
43	CAPE COD		FY 1977. 13 years in commission. To MA custody in the JRRF 29 Sep 2000. Departed MA custody 30 Mar 2012 enroute ESCO Marine, Brownsville.
44	SHENANDOAH		FY 1979. Name assigned 3 Sep 1980. Commissioning ceremony at Norfolk 17 Dec 1983. 13 years in commission. To MA custody in the JRRF 2 Nov 2000. Departed MA custody 20 Nov 2014.