First Destroyer Tender ships projected after World War II Derivatives / Succeeded by 1980 Yellowstone class Specifications 1056crew 13400light (tn) 197length (m) 26beam (m) 6.86draught (m) 20max speed (knots) 1Naval Engine steam turbines Shipyards Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company - Harbor Island2 List of Ships Filter: AllUS - US Navy .......... 6 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 19671995 sunk 2003US NavyAD-37USS Samuel Gompers19681996US NavyAD-38USS Puget Sound19801996US NavyAD-41Yellowstone class USS Yellowstone19811994 sunk 2010US NavyAD-42Yellowstone class USS Acadia 19821995US NavyAD-43Yellowstone class USS Cape Cod19831996US NavyAD-44Yellowstone class USS Shenandoah6 units Events 1964-sep-07Laid downLaid down AD-37 USS Samuel Gompers 1965-feb-15Laid downLaid down AD-38 USS Puget Sound 1966-may-14LaunchedLaunched AD-37 USS Samuel Gompers 1966-sep-16LaunchedLaunched AD-38 USS Puget Sound 1967-jul-01CommissionedCommissioned AD-37 USS Samuel Gompers 1968-apr-27CommissionedCommissioned AD-38 USS Puget Sound 1995-oct-27DecommissionedDecommissioned AD-37 USS Samuel Gompers 1996-jan-27DecommissionedDecommissioned AD-38 USS Puget Sound 1999-apr-07StruckStruck AD-37 USS Samuel Gompers 2003-jul-22Fate: sunkFate: sunk AD-37 USS Samuel Gompers as a target off the coast of North Carolina 2008Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped AD-38 USS Puget Sound