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    USS Samuel Gompers

    Tender of the United States Navy

    History
    United States
    NameUSS Samuel Gompers
    OperatorU.S. Navy
    Awarded31 October 1963
    BuilderPuget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington
    Laid down7 September 1964
    Launched14 May 1966
    Acquired30 September 1967
    Commissioned1 July 1967
    Decommissioned27 October 1995
    Stricken7 April 1999
    HomeportAlameda, California
    MottoService Supreme
    Nickname(s)FAT Sam, Sammy G
    FateSunk as target, 22 July 2003
    General characteristics
    Class and typeSamuel Gompers-classdestroyer tender
    Displacement
    • 13,458 long tons (13,674 t) light
    • 20,132 long tons (20,455 t) full load
    Length645 ft (197 m)
    Beam85 ft (26 m)
    Draft22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
    PropulsionSteam turbines, 1 shaft
    Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
    Complement1056 officers and enlisted
    Armament2 20 mm cannon 4

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    Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tender

    The Samuel Gompers-class destroyer tenders were a class of ships that served the United States Navy from 1967 to 1996. Their namesake was union leader Samuel Gompers.

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    The Samuel Gompers-class was the first class of destroyer tenders designed by the U.S. Navy, twenty years after the preceding Shenandoah-class. The ships were specifically designed to be able to service ships with nuclear propulsion or with gas turbines. The ships were also able to service the variety of guided missiles coming into service. They also had a helicopter platform aft, although only Puget Sound was later fitted with a hangar, when she served as flagship of the United States Sixth Fleet.[1] Both ships were originally armed with a World War II-vintage 5"/38 caliber gun turret forward. The construction of two additional ships (AD-39, AD-40) was cancelled in 1969 and 1974. [2]

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      USS SAMUEL GOMPERS was the lead ship of the SAMUEL GOMPERS - class of destroyer tenders and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Initially equipped with one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, this gun was later removed from the ship.

      Decommissioned on October 27, 1995, and stricken from the Navy list on April 7, 1999, the SAMUEL GOMPERS was eventually sunk as a target on July 22, 2003, at 3117N2 07351W6.

      General Characteristics:Awarded: October 31, 1963
      Keel laid: July 9, 1964
      Launched: May 14, 1966
      Commissioned: July 1, 1967
      Decommissioned: October 27, 1995
      Builder: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash.
      Propulsion system: Two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsep
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