USS ''Frontier'' (AD-25) was one of four
''Klondike'' class
destroyer tenders built at the tail end of
World War II for the
United States Navy.
''Frontier'' was launched on 25 March 1945 by the
Los Angeles Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division was a shipyard in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. Before applying its last corporate name, the shipyard had been called Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company and Todd Shipyards, Los Angeles ...
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San Pedro,
California, sponsored by Mrs. George M. Ravenscroft, and commissioned 2 March 1946.
Service history
1946–1947
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, California and was decommissioned 29 September 1947.
1951–1968
On 11 November 1951 ''Frontier'' was recommissioned 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
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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.
''Frontier'' was decommissioned 28 June 1968 at
Naval Station San Diego
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California; struck from the
Naval Register
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1 December 1972, after which time she was transferred to the Maritime Administration for disposal. ''Frontier'' was sold by MARAD on 1 July 1974 and scrapped in April 1975.
See also
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List of auxiliaries of the United States Navy
References
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External links
The National Association of Destroyer Veterans
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Klondike-class destroyer tenders
Ships built in Los Angeles
1945 ships
Tenders of the United States Navy
Destroyer tenders of the United States