Spider Navy
SN 2-09 USS Piedmont AD-17 1944
$ 105.00
New 1/1250 scale waterline model of the American Dixie class destroyer tender USS Piedmont AD-17 by Spider Navy (SN 2-09) as in 1944.
Piedmont served in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. For her work in battle areas she won four battle stars for her Korean War efforts and one for Vietnam War service.
| Builder: | Tampa Shipbuilding Company, Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Laid down: | 1 December 1941 |
| Launched: | 7 December 1942 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Elsa Kauffman |
| Commissioned: | 5 January 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 September 1982 |
| Struck: | 6 August 1987 |
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| Notes: | Served in Turkish Navy as TCG Derya 1982–1994 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Class and type: | Dixie-class destroyer tender |
| Type: | Destroyer tender |
| Displacement: | 17,176 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 530 ft 6 in (161.70 m) |
| Beam: | 73 ft 3 in (22.33 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbine engines; twin screws; 11,300 h.p. |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots (max); 12 knots (econ) |
| Complement: | 1,181 |
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