

Click here to see which USS PIEDMONT memorabilia are currently for sale on ebay.īack to Destroyer Tenders Site.It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information. This section contains the names of sailors who served aboard USS PIEDMONT. 17,176 tons full loadĪircraft: Flight Deck only, however, not suitable for helo landings Propulsion system: four boilers, geared turbinesĭisplacement: approx. You can help improve our commands section Click here to Submit events/comments/updates for this vessel.

General Characteristics:īuilder: Tampa Shipbuilding Co., Tampa, Fla. USS Piedmont (AD 17) Destroyer tender of the Dixie class Commands listed for USS Piedmont (AD 17) Please note that were still working on this section and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War. TCG DERYA served until 1994, when she was decommissioned and sold for scrapping. On August 6, 1987, the ship was officially purchased by Turkey and stricken from the US Navy list. Decommissioned on September 30, 1982, the PIEDMONT was transferred to Turkey on October 18, 1982, where she was recommissioned as TCG DERYA (A 576). USS PIEDMONT was the third DIXIE - class destroyer tender and the first ship in the Navy named after the region which lies just east of the Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania, Virginia and the Carolinas. General Characteristics Crew List Memorabilia Cruise Books Image Gallery to end of page
