USS Cascade (AD-16), the only ship of its class, was a destroyer tender in the United States Navy. Originally designed as a passenger-freighter, the Cascade was launched on 6 June 1942 by Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Francisco, California .

The USS CASCADE (AD-16), a Civilian Conversion to a Destroyer Tender, was commissioned on 12 MAR 1943. USS CASCADE served her country for 31 years, 8 months and 10 days, until decommissioned on 22 NOV 1974. Commissioned in the midst of WW II, CASCADE headed west to tended to the war effort against the Japanese.

USS Cascade (AD-16) moored at Athens (Elefsis) late May early June 1973, with USS Josephus Daniels and USS Mitscher alongside. Josephus Daniels left in July 1973 and Mitscher outchopped the Med, 21 June 1973.

The Cascade Range is a northward extension of the Sierra Nevada mountains across the states of Oregon and Washington into British Columbia. Cascade (AD-16) was launched 6 June 1942 by Western...

USS CASCADE AD-16 Ship History. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Cascade (AD-16) was launched 6 June 1942 by Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Grosse; and commissioned 12 March 1943, Captain S. B. Ogden in command.

USS Cascade (AD-16), the only ship of its class, was a destroyer tender in the United States Navy. Originally designed as a passenger-freighter, the Cascade was launched on 6 June 1942 by Western Pipe and Steel Company in San Francisco, California.

Cascade cleared San Francisco 12 June 1943 for Pearl Harbor, where she began her war time duty of tending destroyers. As the war moved westward, Cascade followed, to bring her support close to the action areas. From November 1943, she was stationed successively at Kwajalein, Eniwetok, and Ulithi, while the ships she served ranged the Pacific ...

USS Cascade (AD-16), the only ship of its class, was a destroyer tender in the United States Navy. Quick Facts History, United States ... Originally designed as a passenger-freighter, the Cascade was launched on 6 June 1942 by Western Pipe …

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USS Cascade (AD-16) on 13 May 1957 Click on this photograph for links to larger images of this class. Class: CASCADE (AD-16) Design: MC C3-S1-N2 Displacement (tons): 9,813 light, 16,600 lim. Dimensions (feet): 492.0' oa, 465.0' pp x 69.5' e x 27.25' lim. Original Armament: 2-5"/38 3-1.1"Q 12-20mm (1943)