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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Cape Cod |
| Namesake | Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
| Ordered | 30 September 1977 |
| Builder | National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California |
| Laid down | 27 January 1979 |
| Launched | 2 August 1980 |
| Acquired | 15 February 1982 |
| Commissioned | 17 April 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 29 September 1995 |
| Stricken | 7 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 |
| Fate | Scrapped at ESCO Marine, 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement | Approx. 20,500 tons full load |
| Length | 643 feet (196 meters) |
| Beam | 85 feet (26 meters) |
| Draft | 27 feet (8.2 meters) |
| Propulsion | Two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed | 20 knots |
| Complement | 1500 |
| Armament | One single 5 in (130 mm)/38 dual purpose gun mount |
| Armor | None |
| Aircraft carried | Helicopter 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)
- SS Cape Cod (T-AK-5041)
External links
References
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
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