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SAMUEL GOMPERS (AD-37) class

Country of Origin: USA

ship list


 0 SAMUEL GOMPERS-class DESTROYER TENDERS (AD)

 Name              Hull No.    Launched         Commissioned     Status
 SAMUEL GOMPERS    AD-37       May 15, 1966     July 1, 1967     Stricken
 PUGET SOUND       AD-38       Sept. 16, 1966   April 27, 1968   Stricken

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These were the Navy's first post-World War II destroyer tenders, being designed to support ships with nuclear and gas turbine propulsion. They were similar in external appearance to the L.Y. SPEAR...

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