USS Yellowstone (AD-41)
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| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | 27 June 1977 |
| Launched: | 27 January 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 28 June 1980 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 January 1996 |
| Struck: | 4 July 1999 |
| Status: | National Defense Reserve Fleet |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Yellowstone-class destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 20263 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: | 10 .50 caliber machine guns, 2 20mm cannons. |
The third USS Yellowstone (AD-41) was the lead ship of the Yellowstone class of destroyer tenders in the United States Navy. These ships are also considered as flight II of the Samuel Gompers class of tenders built in the 1960s. The other ships in the class were: Acadia (AD-42), Cape Cod (AD-43) and Shenandoah (AD-44).
Yellowstone was laid down on 2 June 1977 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; launched in January 1979; sponsored by Mrs. Donald C. Davis, the wife of Admiral Donald C. Davis, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet and commissioned on 28 June 1980. Following post-commissioning workups, Yellowstone transited from San Diego to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia.
Yellowstone deployed for the first time in support of NATO exercise Ocean Venture "81". During this deployment, the Repair Department, under simulated wartime conditions, completed over 100 jobs during a three-day anchorage in Scapa Flow, Scotland.
In 1984, Yellowstone deployed for a second time for NATO exercise United Effort-Teamwork "84", Yellowstone completed over 300 jobs, sending "Tiger Teams" of repair personnel to other ships and providing logistic support by transferring repair parts and supplies and pumping fuel and water to ships of the task force. It was during this deployment that Yellowstone crossed the Arctic circle officially becoming a "Bluenose".
1985 The ship made its first ever cruise to the Mediterranean Sea.
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