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	Destroyer
		During the Norwegian campaign - Operation Weserübung - almost 50% of all destroyers were lost during the battles at Narvik, the remaining ships operated in Norway, the North and Baltic Sea, the Channel and off the French coast.
		Two major disadvantages were common to all German destroyer designs, the very unreliable high-pressure steam engines and the too heavy 15 cm armament of the later ships which proved not very effective at all.
		Huge destroyers to be used as reconnaisance cruisers.
	www.german-navy.de /kriegsmarine/ships/destroyer (242 words)

	DD 62
		The destroyers reached Queenstown on the southern coast of Ireland on 4 May and, after fueling, began patrolling the southern approaches to Liverpool and other British ports on the coast of the Irish Sea.
		The destroyer relieved the lighthouse vessel of the four fishermen and continued the search until dusk, when she headed back to Queenstown to land the rescued men.
		While the destroyer steamed toward the estimated position of the sail, she searched for evidence of a submarine.
	www.usswainwright.org /dd62/dd_62.htm (2048 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Before World War II destroyers were light vessels without the endurance for unattended ocean operations; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together.
		Destroyers were involved in the skirmishes that prompted the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and filled a range of roles in the Battle of Gallipoli, acting as troops transports and fire support vessels, as well as their fleet-screening role.
		Destroyers (with a DD hull classification symbol) primarily perform anti-submarine warfare duty while guided missile destroyers (DDGs) are multi-mission (anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, and anti-surface warfare) surface combatants.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Destroyer (4409 words)

	USS Shenandoah
		The second Shenandoah (ZR-1) was the first rigid airship built by the Navy, christened 1923 but destroyed in a storm in 1925.
		The third Shenandoah (AD-26)[?] was a destroyer tender[?] in service from 1945 to 1980.
		The fourth Shenandoah (AD-44)[?] is also a destroyer tender[?], commissioned 1983 and on active service in 2003.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Shenandoah.html (103 words)

	The History of The USS Yosemite III
		The destroyer tender arrived in Sasebo on 22 September and began tending ships assigned to the occupation forces in the Far East.
		Over the next six years, the destroyer tender remained at Newport except for occasional overhauls and for short voyages to the West Indies early each year to tend Atlantic Fleet ships participating in the annual "Springboard" exercise.
		She resumed tender duties at Mayport on 12 March 1978 and, as of October 1978, was engaged in those duties.
	www.navyhistory.com /AD/Yosemite3.html (866 words)

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		Destroyers were involved in the skirmishes that prompted the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and filled a range of roles in the Battle of Gallipoli, acting as troops transports and fire support vessels, as well as their fleet-screening role.
		By this time the destroyers had become large, multi-purpose vessels, expensive targets in their own right rather than expendable vessels for the protection of others; moreover, they were one of the most sunk kinds of ships even though they were mass produced.
		The destroyers (as well as frigates) are, as always, the workhorses of the fleet, the former optimised for air defence and the latter for surface and subsurface warfare.
	www.artistopia.com /destroyer (4338 words)

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		Modern destroyers are equivalent in tonnage and drastically superior in firepower to cruisers of the World War II era, capable of carrying nuclear missiles able to destroy cities in a very small volley.
		This led to an equally rapid destroyer evolution during the war, which was quickly equipped with depth charges and sonar for countering this new threat.
		Destroyers (with a DD hull classification symbol) primarily perform anti-submarine warfare duty while guided missile destroyers (DDGs) are multi-mission (anti-submarine, anti-aircraft, and anti-surface warfare) surface combatants.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Destroyer (3385 words)

	AD-41 Yellowstone
		Destroyer tenders provide a mobile base and intermediate level maintenance support facilities for destroyers, cruisers and frigates.
		Yellowstone was the first destroyer tender of its type to be equipped with a destroyer refueling rig capable of sending refueling probes to ships.
		These Destroyer Tenders have a helicopter platform and hangar, and are equipped with two 30 ton and two 6 ton cranes.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/ad-41.htm (1122 words)

	Wainwright I dd 62
		The destroyers reached Queenstown on the southern coast of Ireland on 4 May and, after fueling, began patrolling the southern approaches to Liverpool and other British ports on the coast of the Irish Sea.
		The destroyer relieved the lighthouse vessel of the four fishermen and continued the search until dusk, when she headed back to Queenstown to land the rescued men.
		When the destroyer reached the estimated location of the U-boat, she dropped a depth charge and then a buoy to mark the spot.
	www.historycentral.com /navy/destroyer/dest2/WainwrightIdd62.html (2021 words)

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		Ordered for conversion to a Destroyer tender on 30 September 1911, she served the Destroyer Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, cruising on the East Coast, in the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico.
		Returning to Philadelphia 22 February 1919, DIXIE was assigned to Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet and served as a tender to destroyer flotillas operating on the East Coast, and in the Caribbean.
		From 5 April 1921 to 17 May 1922 she was again a tender to Destroyer Squadron, Atlantic Fleet, cruising along the east coast from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.
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	USS Acadia (AD 42)
		On 4 January 1983, the destroyer tender put to sea for a journey that took her not only to the Orient but into the Indian Ocean and to the east coast of Africa as well.
		The destroyer tender returned to San Diego in the middle of November and spent the remainder of 1986 in preparations for overseas movement.
		On 14 April, the tender sailed for the western Pacific, and after touching at Pearl Harbor (21-22 April) and Subic Bay (8-18 May), was en route to Diego Garcia when she was rerouted to the Persian Gulf.
	navysite.de /ad/ad42.htm (1446 words)

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		She visited Mombasa, Kenya from 4 April to 11 April, called at Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, between the 13 April and 16 April, and paused overnight at Al Masirah, an island off the coast of Oman near the Horn of Africa, on 22 April and 23 April.
		Near the middle of October, the destroyer tender voyaged north to Bremerton, Washington, where she carried on her duties until 4 November.
		On 14 April, the tender sailed for the western Pacific, and after touching at Pearl Harbor (21 April-22 April) and Subic Bay (8 May-18 May), was en route to Diego Garcia when she was rerouted to the Persian Gulf.
	www.ipedia.com /uss_acadia__ad_42_.html (1412 words)

	USN Ships--USS Melville (Destroyer Tender # 2, later AD-2) -- On Board Views
		With USS Sampson (Destroyer # 63) alongside, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918.
		With a destroyer alongside, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1917-1918.
		The destroyer is one of the group numbered from 43 to 62, mounting twin torpedo tubes.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/ad2-o.htm (568 words)

	Welcome to the United States Ship Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD850
		Eleven months later, the destroyer resumed an "In Commission" status; and, on 11 November 1961, she departed Charleston for Mayport, Fla. On 4 December, she departed for Guantanamo Bay, followed by a rest period through the remainder of the year.
		The destroyer completed sea trials during February 1963; and, for the next several months, William C. Lawe served as a school ship for the Fleet Sonar School and as a rescue destroyer along the flight route of the President of the United States during his trip to the 1963 Pan-American conference in Puerto Rico.
		In late February the destroyer departed for the Caribbean to participate in the annual Operation "Springboard." William C. Lawe then proceeded to Annapolis Md., where she embarked midshipmen for a cruise to northern European ports.
	www.ussjpkennedyjr.org /lawe763.html (3576 words)

	Destroyer Tenders
		Accordingly, as both ASROC and DASH used the MK-44 Mod 0 torpedo, the tenders needed to have their entire cargo ammunition stowage areas revised extensively to provide for the increased quantities of the need for this weapon as well as the rocket motor for the ASROC itself.
		The machinery and electrical power generating capabilities of the Tenders was also enhanced under FRAM with the Ship's turbine as well as the generator ends of the ship service generators being rebuilt so that an increase in power-output produced resulted in a 1,000 kilowatt level per each of the two generators.
		Each tender of this class operated in its own theatre; SAMUEL GOMPERS in WestPac (Western Pacific), with her home port at San Diego and PUGET SOUND in LANTFLT (Atlantic Fleet) with her home port at Newport, R.I. PUGET SOUND also served as the Sixth Fleet flagship from July 1980 to April 10, 1985.
	www.gyrodynehelicopters.com /destroyer_tenders.htm (1881 words)

	USS Alstede AF-48
		She was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 12 Destroyer Squadrons, Battle Fleet—a unit of 19 destroyers (one "leader" and three six-ship divisions) operating at that time with 84% complements as part of the "rotating reserve."
		The destroyer tender then resumed her operations providing services to the destroyers of Squadron 12, accompanying them to Narragansett Bay for tactical exercises before ultimately returning once more to San Diego.
		For the next three months the destroyer tender discharged her duty there until she departed Hawaiian waters on 30 September for the west coast.
	www.multied.com /navy/Tender/Altair.html (868 words)

	USS Nicholas First Person — Warren Gabelman
		The destroyers, meanwhile, remained on the fighting front convoying ships; supplying personnel, arms, fuel, food and other necessities for armed ground forces; and intercepting enemy ships trying to re-supply their forces or in some cases attempting to remove their troops when they could no longer hold territory under siege by the US Army and Marines.
		Needless to say, nearly all the original and replacement destroyers of these two squadrons were damaged and ten of the 24 were sunk by the end of 1943.
		When planes were to be launched, the screening destroyers often had to countermarch directly through the formation of carriers—so that when they turned into the wind to launch planes, we would have an appropriate antisubmarine screen in place.
	www.ussnicholas.org /gabelman.html (5207 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003a Auxiliary vessels > Supply vessels - Destroyer tenders > American ...
		In addition to her tender duty, she towed submarines; transported Marines and crews for other ships; carried the Nicaraguan expeditionary force to Colón, C.Z., and took part in the operations off Mexico during April and May of 1914, transporting supplies and refugees.
		From 6 April 1921 to 17 May 1922 she was again tender to Destroyer Squadrons Atlantic Fleet, cruising along the east coast from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.
		The destroyer tender then resumed her operations providing services to the destroyers of Squadron 12, accompanying them to Narragansett Bay for tactical exercises before ultimately returning once more to San Diegro.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/media/index.php?cat=697 (7246 words)

	AD-26 Ship's History (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shenandoah was awarded the Battle Efficiency Pennant for her competence in destroyer tending and her performance in Battle duties in 1952 and 1956.
		The tender was awarded the Engineering "E" in 1958, 1965, 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1979, and the Supply "E" in 1962, 1963, 1967, 1976 and 1977; and the Communications "C" in 1978.
		The destroyer tender also won recognition in 1965 for her repairs to the bow of the carrier Shangri-La (CV-38) which had collided with a destroyer during maneuvers.
	toughtender.tripod.com /AD26/ad26history.html (581 words)

	VPNAVY - VP-72 History Summary Page - VP Patrol Squadron
		Underway on 12 August and escorted by the destroyers Livermore (DD-430), Kearny (DD-432) and Rowan (DD-405), the submarine tender sailed for Norfolk, Virginia.
		Relieved on station by the seaplane tender USS Pocomoke (AV-9), Albemarle sailed from the Canal Zone on 13 November 1942, escorted by Goldsborough and the small seaplane tender Matagorda (AVP-22).
		Proceeding via Argentia, Newfoundland, Canada, the seaplane tender reached Swansea, Wales, with aeronautical cargo and passengers on 28 September, the men and freight she carried to support the newly inaugurated antisubmarine operations by patrol squadrons operating from the British Isles.
	www.vpnavy.com /vp72_1941.html (5194 words)

	USS CASE, DD-370
		Destroyers were being upgraded, particularly in fire control, sonar, and damage control and additional training was essential.
		On the port side we passed the shattered hulk of the destroyer Shaw and the floating drydock in which she was moored.
		The war record of the Case was not spectacular when compared to some of the other destroyers that survived the war, but she performed all tasks that were assigned her, and did them well.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /wgoffeney/Case/usscase.htm (11441 words)

	Yellowstone (AD-27)
		Yellowstone performed faithful service to the Fleet for the next 28 years, providing repair, supply, and auxiliary services (power and fresh water, etc.) not only to destroyers (the purpose for which she was designed) but also to aircraft carriers and submarines.
		Her tasks were performed mostly unheralded and far from the public eye but were necessary to maintain the ships of the Fleet in operational trim.
		In October 1969, she performed a noteworthy repair job when she refaced 1,162 tubes in the number one propulsion boiler of Forrest Royal (DD-872) as that ship was preparing to deploy to the Mediterranean.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/ad27.htm (804 words)

	Recommissioning and Mediterranean Cruises
		Many Fletcher class destroyers were taken out of reserve and placed on active duty.
		The personnel were quartered aboard the destroyer tender USS ARCADIA - AD23 until the ship was retrofitted.
		In October 1951 she returned to duty in U.S. coastal waters in Newport, Rhode Island, the home port of Destroyer Squadron 18.
	www.mindspring.com /~wgaddis/recom.html (595 words)

	LCP Dixie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dixie Class Destroyer Tender: Laid down as the lead ship of the Dixie Class Destroyer Tenders, 17 March 1938, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, NJ; Launched, 27 May 1939; Commissioned USS Dixie (AD-14), 25 April 1940; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register 15 June 1982.
		The Dixie class destroyer tenders can provide battle damage repair, maintenance and logistics support to ships at anchor or moored to a pier, in a wartime environment.
		The Dixie class Destroyer Tenders were the first Modern Destroyer Tenders built for the for the US Navy.
	www.steelnavy.com /LCP_dixie.htm (682 words)

	USN Ship Designations
		For example, the destroyer tender USS Melville, first commissioned as "Destroyer Tender No. 2" in 1915, was now re-designated as "AD-2" with the "A" standing for Auxiliary, the "D" for Destroyer (Tender) and the "2" meaning the second ship in that series.
		One Fleet Escort destroyer USS Saufley (DDE-465) was reclassified as an Experimental Escort Destroyer (EDDE) on 1 January 1951 and then used as a test bed during the 1950s for sonar and ASW experiments.
		Those Benson and Gleaves class destroyers converted to minesweepers (DMS) during World War II were reclassified as destroyers (DD) during 1954/1955 and quickly thereafter decommissioned.
	www.navweaps.com /index_tech/index_ships_list.htm (4059 words)

	USS Prairie History
		The second PRAIRIE, a destroyer tender, was laid down 7 December 1938 by New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden N.J.; launched 9 December 1939; sponsored by Mrs.
		A floating workshop for American and other Allied destroyers, PRAIRIE was "mother ship" to a squadron of destroyers at Argentia, the Atlantic terminus of the transatlantic convoy route.
		In March 1956, the tender returned to San Diego after completing an around-the-world cruise, a rarity for a destroyer tender.
	www.military-graphics.com /prairie_history.html (773 words)

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		She visited Pusan, Korea, (4-5 February) and was relieved of duty in the Far East by tender PARIRIE on the 5th when she departed for return to the United States.
		A second cruise was made to the Far East in support of United Nations in Korea (21 Jan.-14 Aug. 1952) and she sailed from San Diego on 17 February 1953 for a third cruise from which she returned to San Diego on 9 October 1953.
		The destroyer tender arrived in Subic Bay on 2 December 1954 and visited Manila before sailing for Hong Kong where she arrived on the 22nd.
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	Navy vet feels 'lucky' to see memorial
		As it turned out, it was a good life for the next six years, although one that was not without danger, whether it was crossing the North Atlantic on board a destroyer tender in Nazi submarine-infested waters or scanning the skies for Japanese Zeroes on board a destroyer escort in the South Pacific.
		Byrd was a young seaman assigned to the USS Melville, a destroyer tender assigned to the U.S. Navy force escorting the cargo ships across the Atlantic.
		By the fall of 1943, Byrd - by then a petty officer - was assigned to the USS Duffy, a destroyer escort ship that sailed from San Francisco to join the Fifth Fleet in the South Pacific.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/05/03/loc_vetsbyrd03.html (841 words)

	AD-37 Samuel Gompers
		The Gompers class destroyer tenders can provide battle damage repair, maintenance and logistics support to ships at anchor or moored to a pier, in a wartime environment.
		Commissioned in July 1967, USS Samuel Gompers was assigned to the Pacific Fleet to provide tender support to cruisers, destroyers, frigates and other types of Navy warships.
		The destroyer tender USS Samuel Gompers (AD 37) was decommissioned 27 October 1995 in ceremonies at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Va. The ship arrived in Norfolk Oct. 2 from Alameda, Calif., after completing 28 years of active service.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/ad-37.htm (290 words)

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