USS Acadia

Acadia (top) and USS Fresno in 1982
History
United States
NameUSS Acadia
Ordered11 March 1976
BuilderNational Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego
Laid down14 February 1978
Launched28 July 1979
Commissioned6 June 1981
Decommissioned16 December 1994
Stricken13 December 2007
FateSunk as target 20 September 2010
General characteristics
Class & typeYellowstone-class destroyer tender
Displacement21,916 long tons (22,268 t)
Length641 ft 10 in (195.63 m)
Beam85 ft (26 m)
Draft24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion2 boilers, steam turbines, single shaft, 20,000 shp (14,914 kW)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement
  • 87 officers
  • 1,508 enlisted
Armament
Aviation facilities
  • Helicopter deck/platform and hangar aft
  • Enabling "fly-away" repair team support, as well as resupply and emergency airlifts.

Acadia (AD-42) was a Yellowstone-class destroyer tender in the service of the United States Navy, named after Acadia National Park. She was inactive and in reserve after her 1994 decommissioning at Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF), Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, under maintenance category B, until sunk off Guam during a live-fire training exercise (Valiant Shield) on 20 September 2010.