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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 - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon (3)
Second Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (2-Persian Gulf) - Southwest Asia Service Medal (3)
Third Row - Sea Service Deployment Ribbon - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) - 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.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in March 2012, to ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX., withdrawn from the Reserve Fleet, 30 March 2012, under tow to Brownsville
    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
    09034321
    NARA 6351588
    279k Cape Cod (AD-43) underway off San Diego, CA., during pre-commissioning builders trials, 15 September 1981
    U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifiers 6351588 and 6351589. From a National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. press release. This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner National Archives and Records Administration.
    Robert Hurst
    Cape Cod
    09034322
    NARA 6351589
    304k
    Cape Cod 284k Commissioning of USS Cape Cod (AD-43), 17 April 1982, at Naval Station San Diego, CA.
    US Navy photo
    Dale Hargrave
    Cape Cod
    09034316
    146k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway at sea, date unknown.
    DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: DN-SN-82-08233
    Robert Hurst
    Cape Cod 104k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) under way, date and location unknown. Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
    Cape Cod 82k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) under way in San Francisco Bay enroute to NAS Alameda, date unknown.
    US National Park Service photo
    Robert Hurst
    Cape Cod 36k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) under way, 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) under way, date and location unknown. CAPT John C Ruff USN Ret. 4th CO
    >Cape Cod
    09034317
    155k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway off San Diego, CA., February 1986.
    Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 107778-KN by Operations Specialist John Bouvia, U.S. Navy
    Robert Hurst
    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
    09034315
    83k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway at sea, circa 1989.
    U.S. Navy photo from the USS Cape Cod (AD-43) 1989-1990 cruise book
    Robert Hurst
    Cape Cod
    09034318
    193k Overhead view of USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway, circa 1989.
    U.S. Navy photo from the USS Cape Cod (AD-43) 1989-1990 cruise book
    Robert Hurst
    Cape Cod
    09034319
    218k The commercial tug Cheryl Anne maneuvers USS Cape Cod (AD-43) into a berth at Naval Station San Diego, CA., 1 April 1990.
    U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier 6451860 A U.S Navy photo by PHAA Chris Bolden
    Robert Hurst
    Cape Cod
    09034320
    177k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway in the harbor at San Diego, CA., in 1990. In the background are Naval Air Station North Island, the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-61) and the destroyer USS David R. Ray (DD-971)
    U.S. DefenseImagery photo VIRIN: : DN-SC-90-09034
    Robert Hurst
    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
    09034314
    653k USS Cape Cod (AD-43) underway off San Diego, date unknown.
    ©George Barber
    Nicholas Tiberio
    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
    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
    Cape Cod 13k Ex-USS Cape Cod (AD-43) moored at ESCO Marine, Brownsville, TX. awaiting dismantling, 12 April 2012. Photos by Clarice Marie Chamberlain. Scott Roche
    Cape Cod 94k

    There is no history available for Cape Cod (AD-43) at NavSource
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    MARAD Vessel History Database

    Commanding Officers
    01CAPT. Baril, Robert Francis17 April 1982 - 15 December 1982
    02CAPT. Kline, Robert Leroy15 December 1982 - 23 May 1985
    03CAPT. Johnson, Charles Olof23 May 1985 - 20 March 1987
    04CAPT. Ruff, John Crawford, USN (USNA 1962)20 March 1987 - 29 June 1989
    05CAPT. Johnson Jr., Adrian Warren29 June 1989 - 16 November 1990
    06CAPT. Bier, Gary L.16 November 1990 - July 1992
    07CAPT. Hooper IV, James Albert, USN (USNA 1969)July 1992 - 10 June 1994
    08CAPT. Flaherty, Thomas John, USN (USNA 1970)10 June 1994 - 29 September 1995
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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

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