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    USS Piedmont; History; United States; Name: USS Piedmont: Namesake: The Piedmont, a plateau region in the eastern United States: Builder: Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida, U.S. Laid down: 1 December 1941: Launched: 7 December 1942: Sponsored by: Mrs. Elsa Kauffman: Commissioned: 5 January 1944: Decommissioned: 30 September 1982 ...

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    USS Piedmont (AD–17) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built during World War II for the United States Navy. Her task was to service destroyers in, or near, battle areas and to keep them fit for duty.

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  4. U.S.S. PIEDMONT. The USS PIEDMONT (AD-17), a Dixie class destroyer tender, was commissioned on 5 JAN 1944. USS PIEDMONT served her country for 38 years, 8 months and 25 days, until decommissioned on 30 SEP 1982. After fit out and shake down training off the coast of Florida in mid-1944, USS PIEDMONT transited the Panama Canal and joined the ...

  5. Dec 21, 2020 · Media in category "USS Piedmont (AD-17) (ship, 1942)" The following 22 files are in this category, out of 22 total. 127 mm gun turret aboard USS Piedmont (AD-17), in 1969.jpg 768 × 598; 240 KB. Aerial view of US Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan in 1957.jpg 917 × 501; 329 KB.

  6. Wikipedia has a fine history of Doc; click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Piedmont. The late Bill Kastens, Association President for many years, wrote a history of ...

  7. USS Piedmont (AD–17) was a Dixie-class destroyer tender built during World War II for the United States Navy. Her task was to service destroyers in, or near, battle areas and to keep them fit for duty. She served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. For her work in battle areas, the ship was awarded four battle stars for her Korean War ...

  8. Navy deck logs are in custody of NARA’s Textual Records Division (RDT2). You may contact staff at RDT2 by email at archives2reference@nara.gov or write to them at: Textual Reference Archives II Branch (RDT2), 8601 Adelphi Rd, College Park, MD 20740-6001. Additionally, if it is of interest, NARA has digitized a number of the Navy deck logs in ...

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