USS Yellowstone (AD-41)

USS Yellowstone (AD-41)

The third USS "Yellowstone" (AD-41) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer tenders in the United States Navy.

"Yellowstone" was laid down on 2 June 1977 at San Diego, California, by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company; launched on January 1979; and sponsored by Mrs. Donald C. Davis, the wife of Admiral Donald C. Davis, the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

"Yellowstone" was decommissioned in 1996 and struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1999.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/y1/yellowstone-iii.htm
*NVR|http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/AD41.htm


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