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U.S.S. FRONTIER
(AD-25)PARTS AND LABOR FREE
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USS FRONTIER (AD-25) - a Klondike-class destroyer tender
In Commission 1946 to 1968AD-25 Deployments - Major Events
Add a AD-25 Shellback Initiation | Add a AD-25 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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MAR | 1945 | - | Launch Date: 25 MAR 1945 | ||
MAR | 1946 | - | Commissioned: 2 MAR 1946 | ||
MAY | 1952 | - | DEC | 1952 | Middle Pacific |
FEB | 1958 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 FEB 1958 - Pacific Ocean | ||
AUG | 1959 | - | FEB | 1960 | West Pac |
JAN | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 JAN 1962 - Pacific Ocean | ||
JAN | 1962 | - | Shellback Initiation - 17 JAN 1962 - Pacific Ocean | ||
SEP | 1963 | - | OCT | 1965 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
OCT | 1965 | - | JAN | 1966 | West Pac-Viet Nam |
JAN | 1967 | - | AUG | 1967 | West Pac |
JAN | 1968 | - | MAR | 1968 | West Pac |
APR | 1968 | - | APR | 1968 | Decommisioning |
JUN | 1968 | - | Decommissioned: 28 JUN 1968 |
AD-25 General Specifications
Class: Klondike-class destroyer tender
Complement: 826 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 8165 tons
Length: 492 feet
Beam: 69 feet 8 inches
Draft: 27 feet 3 in
Final Disposition: Sold 1 July 1974
USS FRONTIER (AD-25)
Frontier (AD-25) was launched on 25 March
1945 by the Todd Shipyards, San Pedro, Calif.; sponsored by
Mrs. George M. Ravenscroft; and commissioned 2 March 1946, Captain J.
S. Crenshaw, in command.
Following shakedown cruise, Frontier spent the remainder
of 1946 servicing various units of the 1st Fleet. Her maiden overseas tour took her to the Far East where she acted with Service Division 32 at Yokosuka from January to May 1947. She underwent inactivation at Long Beach and was decommissioned 29 September 1947.
On 11 November 1951 Frontier was recommissioned, Captain
E. B. Patterson, in command, and fitted out for service with United
Nations forces in Korea. She embarked Commander, Destroyer Flotilla 3, on 21
May 1952 at San Diego and thereafter steamed to Yokosuka where
she provided services for various units, and logistic support to the 7th Fleet until
December.
After an overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, she weighed anchor for her
third overseas tour in the western Pacific.
Again she provided tender services for
ships of the 7th Fleet, principally at Yokosuka, and acted as flagship of Destroyer Flotilla 3. She returned to Long Beach on 20 December 1953.
During February 1954 she engaged in Pacific training
exercises and maneuvers with TG 12.3. These were followed by refitting at
Long Beach and departure for the Far East for a tour which lasted until
7 December 1954 when she sailed for home.
Frontier provided services to the various
units in the Long Beach area through May 1955. On 19 June she
departed for Yokosuka where she embarked Commander, Destroyer Flotilla 3, and performed her vital
functions. Another period of overhaul at San
Francisco was succeeded by Far
Eastern deployment which saw Frontier
flagship of Commander Destroyer Flotilla
Western Pacific (8 October 1956-25 March 1957). Departing Long Beach on 3 February 1958, she sailed via Pearl Harbor to Melbourne, Australia, and
numerous other ports of call where
she tended units of the fleet.
Frontier again cruised in eastern waters
from 16 September 1959 to 1 March 1960. On 15 March 1960 she
became flagship of Destroyer Flotilla 3, remaining at Long Beach to provide
services until 28 January 1961 when she sailed for Pearl Harbor.
[Note: The above USS FRONTIER (AD-25) history may, or may not, contain text provided by crew members of the USS FRONTIER (AD-25), or by other non-crew members, and text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]