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USS Cape Cod (AD-43)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Oscar - Delta
 NCOD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3) - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Persian Gulf) - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Yellowstone Class Destroyer Tender:
  • Laid down, 27 January 1979, at National Steel and Shipbuilding, San Diego, CA.
  • Launched, 2 August 1980
  • Commissioned USS Cape Cod (AD-43), 17 April 1982, CAPT. Robert F. Baril, in command
  • Decommissioned, 29 September 1995
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 April 1999
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for disposal
  • Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,482 t.(lt) 20,429 t.(fl)
    Length 642'
    Beam 85'
    Draft 25'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Complement 1,500
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    Propulsion two boilers, steam turbines, one shaft, 20,000 shaft horsepower
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    Cape Cod 104k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway, date and location unknown. Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    Cape Cod 36k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway, date and location unknown. CAPT John C Ruff USN Ret. 4th CO
    Cape Cod 62k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) at anchor, date and location unknown. CAPT John C Ruff USN Ret. 4th CO
    Cape Cod 53k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway, date and location unknown. CAPT John C Ruff USN Ret. 4th CO
    Cape Cod 66k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) off San Diego in 1988 CAPT John C Ruff USN Ret. 4th CO
    Cape Cod 47k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) returning to San Diego in 1988 CAPT John C Ruff USN Ret. 4th CO
    Cape Cod 90k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) departing San Diego, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Cape Cod 77k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) departing San Diego, date unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Cape Cod 107k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) moored at Jebel Ali, Dubai with USS Curtis (FFG-38) being maneuvered alongside by two tugs, 1993. Lee Noland
    MARAD James River Group Reserve Fleet
    Ortolan 102k From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13), ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) and ex-USS Ortolan (ASR-22) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard
    Kittiwake 111k From left to right; ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43), ex-USNS Harkness (T-AGS-32), ex-USS Kittiwake (ASR-13) and ex-USCGC Escape (WMEC-6) laid up in reserve in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 9 April 2009 Photo Mike Hibbard

    For more photos and information about USS Cape Cod, see;
  • Commanding Officers
    • There is no DANFS history available for Cape Cod (AD-43) at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    2011 Reunion Information
    Place: Reunion Cruise from San Diego
    Date: August 2011
    Email Contact: Scott Roche or
    Randi Gardner (Youngquist)
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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