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 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:

1 x 5"

Builder:

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Laid down:

2 August 1980

Launched:

6 February 1982

Commissioned:

15 August 1983

Decommissioned:

3 September 1996

Struck:

28 July 2001

Fate:

for disposal

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, 20,000 shaft horsepower

Speed:

20 knots

Complement:

87 Officers 1508 Enlisted

Armament:

1 x 5"

Name:

USS Cimarron

Namesake:

Merrimack River

Builder:

Avondale Shipyards

Laid down:

16 July 1979

Launched:

17 May 1980

Commissioned:

14 November 1981

Decommissioned:

18 December 1998

Struck:

18 December 1998

Status:

James River Reserve Fleet

General characteristics

Displacement:

36,977 tons full load

Length:

700 ft (210 m)

Beam:

88 ft (27 m)

Draft:

32 ft (9.8 m)

Propulsion:

Steam Turbine

Speed:

20 kn (37 km/h)

Complement:

12 officers, 148 enlisted

Armament:

2 ¡¿ 25 MM Cannons 2 ¡¿ 20 MM Phalanx Cannons CIWIS 4 ¡¿ 50 Cal. Machine Guns

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

Struck:

7 April, 1999

Honours and
awards:

Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Second Row, 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:

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Status:

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

General characteristics

Class and type:

Yellowstone class destroyer tender

Displacement:

Approx. 20,500 tons full load

Length:

643 feet (196 meters)

Beam:

85 feet (25.9 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"/38 dual purpose gun mount

Armor:

None

Aircraft carried:

Helicopter platform