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USS Yellowstone (AD-41)

Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Alpha - Golf NJAG

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - National Defense Service Medal - Southwest Asia Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

Yellowstone Class Destroyer Tender:

Laid down, 27 June 1977 at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 27 January 1979

Commissioned USS Yellowstone (AD-41), 28 June 1980, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, CAPT. John R. Campbell in command

Decommissioned, 31 January 1996, at Naval Station, Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 7 April 1999

Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Fort Eustis, VA.

Final Disposition, title transfer to MARAD, 28 July 2001 for disposal, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 13,315 t.(lt) 20,263 t.(fl)
Length 642'
Beam 85'
Draft 27'
Speed 20kts.
Complement 1,500
Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
Propulsion two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
09034119	150k	Commissioning of *USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)*, 28 June 1980, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Photo by Joe Kreiss, Vallejo Times-Hearld*	Darryl Baker
	72k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Jeffrey Croy USS Yellowstone Home page
	571k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. and John Rutherford USS Yellowstone
	414k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way. 1 September 1981, location unknown. US Defenseimagery.mil photo VIRIN: DN-SC-85-01568	Robert Hurst
	93k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way, date and location unknown.	Richard Leonhardt
	104k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Jeffrey Croy USS Yellowstone Home page
	110k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Jeffrey Croy USS Yellowstone Home page
	43k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way, date and location unknown. ©Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.	Mike Smolinski
	219k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way off Norfolk, VA. in 1982.	Mike Smolinski
	287k	A starboard bow view of *USS Thomas C. Hart* (FF-1092), foreground, and USS Yellowstone (AD-41)** anchored in Norwegian territorial waters near Tromso, Norway with other NATO units, 1 April 1984. The ships are participating in United Effort/Teamwork '84 exercises. (location provided by J.L. MacMichael, USS Hart's CO at the time) U.S. Navy photo DVID # DN-SC-85-01569 by PH2 Ronald D. Brigham from Defenseimagry.mil.	Robert Hurst
	54k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1984.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
09034121	223k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** at anchor in Augusta Bay, Sicily, Italy, 25 October 1988. U.S. National Archives and Records Adminitration, College Park, MD. Identifier: 6443353 U.S. Navy photo by ENS. Tamberg.	Robert Hurst
	61k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41) with USS Bainbridge (CGN-25) and USS McInerney (FFG-8)** alongside, 25 October 1988, Augusta Bay, Sicily. US Navy photo DNST8902095 by JO1 Millie Tamberg, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center collections.	Fred Weiss
	61	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41) services from left to right; USS McInerney (FFG-8), USS Bainbridge (CGN-25), USS McCandless (FF-1084), and USS Voge (FF-1047)**, 1 November 1988, Augusta Bay, Sicily. US Navy photo DNST8908630 by JO1 Millie Tamberg	Defense Visual Information Center
	1265k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** arriving at Genoa, Italy, 9 October 1992.	Photo by Carlo Martinelli
09034118	634k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** off Norfolk, VA., date unknown. ©Nobe Smith	Nicholas Tiberio
09034120	469	Aerial view of *USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** underway, date and location unknown. (Note- This photo is dated 6 July 1976 in official US Navy sources) U.S, Nationsl Archives and Records Administration Identifier 6391721	Robert Hurst
	44k	*USS Yellowstone* (AD-41)** ships plaque	Mike Winar and Joe Muckalutz

For more photos and information about USS Yellowstone, see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
MARAD Vessel History Database
Commissioning Booklet (cover only)
Welcome Aboard Pamphlet (1980)
Welcome Aboard Pamphlet (2)
USS Yellowstone

Commanding Officers
01	CAPT. Campbell, John Richard	28 June 1980 - 22 January 1982
02	CAPT. Konkel, Harry Wagner	22 January 1982 - 20 January 1984
03	CAPT. Boufford, Francis Williams	20 January 1984 - 10 May 1985
04	CAPT. Mitchell, Albert H.	10 May 1985 - 31 July 1985
05	CAPT. Turner Jr., Steven J.	31 July 1985 - 12 November 1986
06	CAPT. Lewis, Jerry A.	12 November 1986 - 15 July 1988
07	CAPT. Norman Jr., Robert James, USN (USNA 1965)	15 July 1988 - 6 August 1990
08	CAPT. Pratt Jr., Edmund L.	6 August 1990 - 17 October 1992
09	CAPT. Berning, Ronald Charles, USN (USNA 1968)	17 October 1992 - 1 June 1994
10	CAPT. Bogle, Ronald C.	1 June 1994 - 31 January 1996


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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